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Satō Satō

さとう さたろう

Satō Satō

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1909-11-13 (Ōgawara, Shibata District, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan)
Died
1987-08-08 age 77
Nationality
Japan
Languages
Japanese
Residence History
Ōgawara, Shibata District, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan → Hirakata, Taga District, Ibaraki Prefecture (now Kitaibaraki City), Japan

Career

Occupations
tanka poet
Active Years
1925-1987
Affiliations
Japan Art Academy
Memberships
Japan Art Academy
Influenced By
Saitō Mokichi

Education

Hirakata Elementary and Higher Elementary School
Period: 〜1925
Year of Graduation: 1925
Country: Japan

Awards

Yomiuri Literature Award
1952
Work: Kichō
Organization: Yomiuri Shimbun
Result: 受賞
Medal with Purple Ribbon
1975
Organization: Government of Japan
Result: 受章
Art Encouragement Prize by the Minister of Education
1976
Work: Kaitō
Organization: Ministry of Education
Result: 受賞
Modern Tanka Award
1978
Work: Complete Tanka Anthology
Organization: Modern Tanka Award Committee
Result: 受賞
Japan Art Academy Prize
1980
Organization: Japan Art Academy
Result: 受賞
Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette
1983
Category: 勲四等
Organization: Government of Japan
Result: 受章
Chokū Prize
1984
Work: Seishuku
Organization: Chokū Prize Selection Committee
Result: 受賞
Order of the Sacred Treasure
1987
Category: 勲三等
Organization: Government of Japan
Result: 受章
Senior Fifth Rank
1987
Organization: Government of Japan
Result: 授位

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Sidewalk

1940 Tanka poetry collection

His first collection expressing modern melancholy.

nostalgiamelancholy

Bibliography

  • Sidewalk
  • Kichō
  • Seishuku

Style & Themes

Literary Style
realismlyricism based on pure tanka theory
Recurring Motifs
melancholynostalgia

Legacy

He is regarded as a tanka poet who pioneered new realms in modern tanka and nurtured succeeding generations.

Trivia

  • His poetry collection 'Sidewalk' was the first publication of Kadokawa Shoten.