Modern Haiku Association Award
1 appearances
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Edition 3 (1954) award
Satō Onifusa
さとう おにふさ
Satō Onifusa
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1919-03-20 （Kamaishi, Iwate, Japan）
- Died
- 2002-01-19 age 82
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
- Residence History
- Kamaishi, Iwate, Japan → Shiogama, Miyagi, Japan
Career
- Occupations
- Haiku poet
- Active Years
- 1935-2002
- Influenced By
- Watanabe Hakusen, Saito Sanki, Hasegawa Tenkō, Russian literature
- Influenced
- Mutsuo Takano, Seiichiro Watanabe
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shiogama Town Commercial Supplementary School (now Shiogama City First Elementary School) | — | — | — | — | Japan |
Shiogama Town Commercial Supplementary School (now Shiogama City First Elementary School)
Country:
Japan
Completed in youth; thereafter self-studied haiku and Russian literature.
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1954 | Gendai Haiku Association Prize (3rd) | — | — | Gendai Haiku Association | 受賞 |
| 1989 | Shika Bungakukan Prize (5th) | Hankaza | — | Shika Bungakukan | 受賞 |
| 1993 | Jakutoku Prize (27th) | Setogashira | — | Jakutoku Prize Committee | 受賞 |
Gendai Haiku Association Prize (3rd)
1954
Organization:
Gendai Haiku Association
Result:
受賞
Shika Bungakukan Prize (5th)
1989
Work:
Hankaza
Organization:
Shika Bungakukan
Result:
受賞
Jakutoku Prize (27th)
1993
Work:
Setogashira
Organization:
Jakutoku Prize Committee
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Shiika Bungakukan Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 5 (1990) award
Dakotsu Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 27 (1993) award
Works
Major Works
Night Cliff
1955 Haiku collectionAn early haiku collection reflecting sensibilities in the immediate postwar period.
postwarnaturehumanity
Hankaza
1989 Haiku collectionA mature collection including poems that address social themes and memory.
social themeswar memoryregionality
Setogashira
1992 Haiku collectionOne of his late representative works, with strong depictions of local landscape and folk elements.
localityfolk customsnature
Bibliography
- Night Cliff
- Where to
- Tree of Wind
- Hankaza
- Setogashira
- Satō Onifusa (collection)
- Salty Hands
- Voice of Frost
- Withered Pass
- Satō Onifusa Haiku Collection
- To the Point of Painful Love
- Complete Haiku Collection of Satō Onifusa
- Offshore Rock
- Phantasm
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Concise and forceful expressionHaiku emphasizing social themes
- Recurring Motifs
- war memoryMutsu (northern Japan) landscapemythic motifsseasonal nature
Legacy
Satō Onifusa was a leading postwar haiku poet noted for socially engaged poems and strong depictions of the Mutsu region and war memory. He founded the Kogumaza circle in Shiogama and mentored many disciples.
Academic Societies
- Gendai Haiku Association
Archives
- Kogumaza (personal and magazine archives)
- National Diet Library (catalog of works)
Quotes
-
Peeling off the fur—Chinese spring, cherry blossoms in full bloom
Source: Nameless Days and Nights (collection) -
Wheat growing in the shade—how noble, blue mountains and rivers
Source: Chiyu (collection)
Trivia
- He met Suzuki Rokurinnō in Nanjing.
- Founded and presided over the Kogumaza circle in Shiogama.
- Served in the military and was deployed to China and the southern theaters.
- Received the Jakutoku (Jakutoku/Jakutoku-prize) Prize in 1993.