Contemporary Tanka Poets Association Award
1 appearances
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Edition 31 (1987) award
Shuichi Sakai
さかい しゅういち
Sakai Shuichi
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1958-11-01 （Matsuyama, Ehime, Japan）
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
Career
- Occupations
- tanka poet, information engineer, university professor, library director, researcher
- Active Years
- 1978-
- Affiliations
- AIST (formerly ETL), MIT (visiting researcher), University of Tsukuba (associate professor), University of Tokyo (professor, vice president, library director, emeritus professor), Tanka society 'Karin'
- Memberships
- Gendai Kajin Association, Information Processing Society of Japan, IEICE (The Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers), Japan Writers' Association
- Influenced By
- Kunio Tsukamoto, Akiko Baba
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kagawa Prefectural Takamatsu High School | — | — | — | 〜1977 | Japan |
| University of Tokyo, Faculty of Science | Faculty of Science | Department of Information Science | 学士 | 1978-1981 | Japan |
| Graduate School of Engineering, University of Tokyo | Graduate School of Engineering | Information Engineering | 博士（工学） | 1981-1986 | Japan |
Kagawa Prefectural Takamatsu High School
Period:
〜1977
Year of Graduation:
1977
Country:
Japan
University of Tokyo, Faculty of Science
Faculty of Science
/ Department of Information Science
Degree:
学士
Period:
1978-1981
Year of Graduation:
1981
Country:
Japan
Graduate School of Engineering, University of Tokyo
Graduate School of Engineering
/ Information Engineering
Degree:
博士（工学）
Period:
1981-1986
Year of Graduation:
1986
Country:
Japan
Doctoral thesis: Interconnection networks of highly parallel MIMD computers
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Gendai Kajin Association Prize | Days of Labyrinths | — | Gendai Kajin Association | winner |
| 2000 | Terayama Shuji Tanka Prize | Jack's Seeds | — | Terayama Shuji Tanka Prize Committee | winner |
| 2006 | Wakayama Bokusui Prize | America | — | Wakayama Bokusui Prize Committee | winner |
| 2010 | Choko Prize | Spring of the Watchtower | — | Choko Prize Committee | winner |
| 2015 | Ono City Poetry and Literature Prize | Picasso of the Tortoise | — | Ono City | winner |
| 1995 | IEEE Paper Award | — | — | IEEE | winner |
| 2018 | IEICE Achievement Award | — | — | IEICE | winner |
| 2024 | Tanka Kenkyu Prize | Ogai Mamoru | — | Tanka Kenkyusha | winner |
Gendai Kajin Association Prize
1987
Work:
Days of Labyrinths
Organization:
Gendai Kajin Association
Result:
winner
Terayama Shuji Tanka Prize
2000
Work:
Jack's Seeds
Organization:
Terayama Shuji Tanka Prize Committee
Result:
winner
Wakayama Bokusui Prize
2006
Work:
America
Organization:
Wakayama Bokusui Prize Committee
Result:
winner
Choko Prize
2010
Work:
Spring of the Watchtower
Organization:
Choko Prize Committee
Result:
winner
Ono City Poetry and Literature Prize
2015
Work:
Picasso of the Tortoise
Organization:
Ono City
Result:
winner
IEEE Paper Award
1995
Organization:
IEEE
Result:
winner
IEICE Achievement Award
2018
Organization:
IEICE
Result:
winner
Tanka Kenkyu Prize
2024
Work:
Ogai Mamoru
Organization:
Tanka Kenkyusha
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Terayama Shuji Tanka Award
1 appearances
-
Edition 5 (2000) award
Wakayama Bokusui Award
1 appearances
-
Edition 11 (2006) award
Japan Tanka Poets Club Criticism Award
1 appearances
-
Edition 5 (2007) award
Chōkū Prize
1 appearances
-
Edition 44 (2010) award
Ono City Poetry and Song Literary Award
1 appearances
-
Edition 7 (2015) award
Tanka Research Award
1 appearances
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Edition 60 (2024) award
Works
Major Works
Days of Labyrinths
1986 tanka anthologyFirst tanka collection combining scientific perspective with personal emotion.
selfsciencememory
Jack's Seeds
1999 tanka anthologyA mid-career collection incorporating diverse motifs.
othernessnarrativity
America
2006 tanka anthologyWorks reflecting perspectives inspired by overseas (America) experiences and imagery.
foreign landscultural comparison
Spring of the Watchtower
2009 tanka anthologyA mature collection including award-winning pieces.
maturitytime
Picasso of the Tortoise
2014 tanka anthologyA recent collection mixing humor and craft.
arthumor
Bibliography
- Days of Labyrinths
- Ultramarine Strata
- Spiritual
- Jack's Seeds
- Pan
- America
- Spring of the Watchtower
- Jomon Forest, Yayoi Flowers
- Picasso of the Tortoise
- Blue Eye, White Eye
- Ruckus of Aged Sake
- One Hundred Poems of Mori Ogai
- Reviving Tanka: Favorite Songs, Slightly Difficult Songs
- Reading the World, Composing Songs
- The Singing Heart Does Science
- Noisy Paint
- Ogai's Roof Tiles
- Introduction to Logic Circuits
- Computer Architecture
- Practical Computer Architecture
- IT Protects and IT is Protected: Disasters and Information Technology
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- incorporation of scientific perspective and precise observationconcise yet metaphoric expressionfusion of traditional and modern linguistic sensibilities
- Recurring Motifs
- naturetime and memoryimages of science and technologyreferences to modern literature
Legacy
He is an uncommon figure who combines achievements as a tanka poet and as an information engineer, bridging literature and science. He has made significant contributions to university administration, library leadership, and academic societies.
Academic Societies
- Gendai Kajin Association
- Information Processing Society of Japan
- IEICE
- Japan Writers' Association
Trivia
- His spouse is the tanka poet Chikako Yonekawa.
- There are accounts that he was involved in development of a highly parallel data-driven computer 'EM-4' while at ETL/AIST.
- He has made major contributions to both tanka poetry and information engineering research/education.
- Member and editor of the tanka society 'Karin'.