Takami Jun Award
1 appearances
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Edition 4 (1974) award
Sachiko Yoshihara
よしはら さちこ
Yoshihara Sachiko
Pen Names:
Ema Sachiko（Stage name used during early career with Shiki Theatre Company）
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1932-06-28 （Yotsuya, Tokyo, Japan）
- Died
- 2002-11-28 （Tokyo, Japan (at home)） age 70
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
Career
- Occupations
- poet, actor (former), reciter
- Active Years
- 1955-1995
- Affiliations
- Rittei (literary magazine, member), Group VEGA (co-founder), Founding/editorial group of La Mer (quarterly poetry journal)
- Memberships
- Rittei (literary group)
- Influenced By
- Sakutaro Hagiwara, Hakushū Kitahara, Shimpeisou Kusano
- Influenced
- Yuriika Suzuki, Masayo Koike, Takako Misaki
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Tokyo, Faculty of Letters, Department of French Literature | Faculty of Letters (French literature) | Department of French Literature | — | 1952-1956 | Japan |
University of Tokyo, Faculty of Letters, Department of French Literature
Faculty of Letters (French literature)
/ Department of French Literature
Period:
1952-1956
Year of Graduation:
1956
Country:
Japan
Member of university drama society during studies
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | Murou Saisei Poetry Prize | Yonen Rentou (Childhood Litany) | — | Murou Saisei Prize Committee | winner |
| 1974 | Takami Jun Prize | Ondine / Hirugao (Dayflower) | — | Takami Jun Prize Committee | winner |
| 1995 | Hagiwara Sakutaro Prize | Hakkou (Luminescence) | — | Hagiwara Sakutaro Prize Committee | winner |
Murou Saisei Poetry Prize
1965
Work:
Yonen Rentou (Childhood Litany)
Organization:
Murou Saisei Prize Committee
Result:
winner
Takami Jun Prize
1974
Work:
Ondine / Hirugao (Dayflower)
Organization:
Takami Jun Prize Committee
Result:
winner
Hagiwara Sakutaro Prize
1995
Work:
Hakkou (Luminescence)
Organization:
Hagiwara Sakutaro Prize Committee
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Hagiwara Sakutaro Award
1 appearances
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Edition 3 (1995) award
Works
Major Works
Yonen Rentou (Childhood Litany)
1964 poetryA debut collection exploring childhood memories, loss, and the absence of love; characterized by a cool sensibility and vivid images of youth.
childhoodlosslove
Adaptations
- [vocal/choral work] Yonen Rentou (choral suite) / 新実徳英（作曲）
Translations
- Childhood Litany
Natsu no Haka (Summer's Grave)
1964 poetryA collection juxtaposing seasonality, death, and childhood memories; one of her notable early works.
seasonalitydeathchildhood
Translations
- Summer's Grave
Ondine
1972 poetryA mid-career collection containing symbolic poems about water and femininity.
waterfemininitysymbolism
Adaptations
- [choral/vocal composition] Ondine (choral work) / 木下牧子（作曲）
Translations
- Ondine
Hirugao (Dayflower)
1973 poetryContains delicate poems that capture fragments of love, sensuality, and everyday life.
lovesensualityeveryday life
Translations
- Dayflower
Hakkou (Luminescence)
1995 poetryA late-career collection of introspective, quiet poems framed by illness and aging.
agingillnessintrospection
Translations
- Luminescence
Bibliography
- Yonen Rentou (Rittei-sha) 1964
- Natsu no Haka (Shichosha) 1964
- Ondine (Shichosha) 1972
- Hirugao (Sunrio Publishing) 1973
- Hakkou (Shichosha) 1995
- Collected Poems I, II (Shichosha) 1981
- Collected Poems I, II, III (Shichosha) 2012 (posthumous)
Adaptations
- Short film 'Umi no Uta' (participated as narrator/structure)
- Multiple poems set to vocal and choral music
Translations by Author
- The Little Match Girl (H.C. Andersen translation) 1980
- Sylvia Plath (co-translation) 1995
Translations of Works
- Yonen Rentou (English title: Childhood Litany; translations exist)
- Selected poems translated into English and published in journals
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- a cool sensibility combining lyricism and concisionrhythmic lines suited to recitation
- Recurring Motifs
- memories of childhoodlove and losswater/sea/natureanimals (dogs, cats, birds)
Health
-
Parkinsonism / Parkinson's syndrome1990s-2002Tremors and other physical symptoms impeded recitation and creative activity
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Femoral neck fracture (2001)2001Required hospitalization and led to subsequent decline in physical strength
Legacy
Sachiko Yoshihara is regarded as a pioneering female poet active mainly from the 1960s to 1980s; through journal editing, recitals, and collaborations with music and dance she fostered younger artists and left a wide influence with her cool sensibility and often sensual themes.
Museums
- Maebashi Literature Museum (exhibitions related to Sachiko Yoshihara) Maebashi, Gunma Prefecture, Japan
Archives
- Sachiko Yoshihara Archives (Facebook, managed by family)
- Archived personal website snapshots in the Internet Archive
In Popular Culture
- Poetry recitals combined with jazz and dance performances (1980s)
- Numerous poems set to choral and vocal music and performed
Quotes
-
I have two secrets.
Source: Shuntaro Tanikawa, 'Two secrets', in Modern Poetry Notebook special issue: Sachiko Yoshihara (2003) (2003)
Trivia
- Performed under the stage name Ema Sachiko with the Shiki Theatre Company
- Collected knives and model guns
- Married Yoichi Matsue in 1958; divorced in 1962
- Posthumous collected volumes and exhibitions were organized