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Saeko Ozaki

おざき さえこ

Ozaki Saeko

別名: 尾崎磋瑛子 / 酒巻さゑ子 / 松田さえこ / 尾崎暁紅
ペンネーム: Saeko Sakamaki (as published)（Name used early in career / during student period）, Saeko Matsuda（Name used during first marriage）, Ozaki Gyokko (koudou name)（Name received on attaining advanced rank in the Kodo (incense) school）

プロフィール

性別
女性
生誕
1927-11-05 （Sugamo, Toshima, Tokyo, Japan）
国籍
Japan
言語
Japanese
居住地歴
Resident of Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan

経歴

職業
tanka poet, essayist, broadcast writer, scriptwriter, editor
活動期間
1950年〜
所属
Founder and chief editor of tanka magazine 'Seiza', Essayist Club, executive director
所属団体
Japan Kajin Club, Essayist Club
影響を受けた人物
Sataro Sato, Satoshi Matsuo, Midori Matsumura

学歴

Tokyo Jogakkan (secondary education)
国: Japan
Skipped one grade during secondary education
Tokyo Woman's Christian University (Japanese language)
Japanese language
国: Japan
Member of drama club; studied under instructors including Midori Matsumura and Minoru Nishio

受賞歴

Japan Kajin Club Recommended Collection (4th)
1957
対象作品: Sarubia-gai
主催: Japan Kajin Club
結果: 受賞
Japan Essayist Club Award (32nd)
1985
対象作品: Love Letters of Genji
主催: Japan Essayist Club
結果: 受賞
Choko (Choko) Prize (33rd)
1999
対象作品: Yugiri Toge
主催: Choko Prize Committee
結果: 受賞
Agency for Cultural Affairs Commissioner’s Commendation
2003
主催: Agency for Cultural Affairs
結果: 表彰
Japan Kajin Club Grand Prize (6th)
2015
対象作品: Selected Poems of Sataro: My View
主催: Japan Kajin Club
結果: 受賞
Poetry and Poetics Museum Prize (Tanka Division, 31st)
2016
対象作品: Rose Fragments
主催: Museum of Modern Poetry and Tanka
結果: 受賞

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

Sarubia-gai

1957年 tanka collection

Early tanka collection containing poems depicting everyday scenes and women's perspectives.

everyday lifewomenimagery

Love Letters of Genji

1984年 essay / classical literature study

An essay collection centered on The Tale of Genji, discussing court culture and expressions of love. Winner of the Japan Essayist Club Award.

The Tale of Genjicourt cultureexpressions of love

Yugiri Toge

1998年 tanka collection

A mature tanka collection blending an understanding of traditional waka with modern sensibilities.

tradition and modernitynaturereminiscence

Rose Fragments

2015年 tanka collection

A recent tanka collection composed of poetic fragments; received critical acclaim and the Poetry Museum Prize.

womenmemorysymbolism

全著作

  • Sarubia-gai
  • Plant City (broadcast poetry collection)
  • Selections of Women's Songs
  • Love Letters of Genji
  • Fragrance of Genji
  • Yugiri Toge
  • Rose Fragments
  • Collected Tanka of Saeko Ozaki
  • Enjoying Court Literature

作家による翻訳

  • In the White Forest (Robert Frost) — translation
  • New Translation of The Tale of Genji (vol. 1-4)
  • The Tale of Gods and Songs: New Translation of Kojiki

作風・主題

文体
precise references to classical literatureelegant and lyrical tankaessayistic, accessible prose style
頻出モチーフ
references to The Tale of Genji and court wakaflowers and seasonal imagerywomen's perspective and daily life

評価・遺産

A writer who connected deep knowledge of classical waka and The Tale of Genji with contemporary tanka and essays. Founder and chief editor of the tanka magazine 'Seiza', she contributed to nurturing later generations and is known for cultural writings informed by her Kodo (incense) practice.

記念館・博物館

  • Otaru Literature Museum (related exhibition) Otaru, Hokkaido, Japan

関連学会

  • Japan Kajin Club

資料所蔵先

  • National Diet Library (holds publications and materials)

豆知識

  • Entered the Sanjonishike branch of Kodo and received the advanced (Okuden) license, taking the name Ozaki Gyokko.
  • Was a member of the university drama club and studied under playwright Junji Kinoshita among others.
  • Worked as a scriptwriter for NHK and wrote many broadcast scripts.