Tanka Research Award
1 appearances
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Edition 1 (1963) award
Shima Sato
さとう しま
Sato Shima
Pen Names:
Mizukami Yoshi（Pen name used in early career）
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1913-12-11 （Kagoshima, Japan）
- Died
- 2009-07-23 age 95
- Nationality
- Japanese
- Languages
- Japanese
Career
- Occupations
- tanka poet, editor
- Active Years
- 1933-2009
- Affiliations
- Araragi (tanka magazine/group), Hodou (editor/publisher)
- Memberships
- Araragi (member/contributor), Hodou (editorial circle)
- Influenced By
- Mokichi Saito, Sataro Sato
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tokyo Woman's Christian University | Department of Japanese Language | Japanese language | — | — | Japan |
Tokyo Woman's Christian University
Department of Japanese Language
/ Japanese language
Country:
Japan
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | Japan Poets Club Recommended Collection (Japan Poets Club Prize equivalent) | On the Grass | — | Japan Poets Club | 受賞 |
| 1963 | Tanka Kenkyu (Tanka Research) Prize | Kashima Coast (30 poems) | — | Tanka Kenkyu (Tanka Research) Society | 受賞 |
| 1994 | Tanka Shimbunsha Prize (1st) | Shinpen | — | Tanka Shimbunsha | 受賞 |
Japan Poets Club Recommended Collection (Japan Poets Club Prize equivalent)
1963
Work:
On the Grass
Organization:
Japan Poets Club
Result:
受賞
Tanka Kenkyu (Tanka Research) Prize
1963
Work:
Kashima Coast (30 poems)
Organization:
Tanka Kenkyu (Tanka Research) Society
Result:
受賞
Tanka Shimbunsha Prize (1st)
1994
Work:
Shinpen
Organization:
Tanka Shimbunsha
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
On the Grass
1955 Tanka collectionHer first tanka collection gathering poems from the late 1940s–1950s, lyrically depicting the poor everyday life of the postwar period.
postwar lifeeveryday existencenaturegarden
Waterside
1963 Tanka collectionSecond collection focusing on waterside and seaside scenes to express everyday emotions subtly.
seawatersidememory
Shinpen
1993 Tanka collectionA later collection composed of poems that closely observe the poet's immediate surroundings and daily life.
personal surroundingsold agedaily life
Bibliography
- On the Grass
- Waterside
- Shore Flowers
- White Night
- Pale Shadows (Selected)
- Flower Shadows
- Beginning of Autumn
- Shinpen
- Small Garden
- Rain Water
- Kinkan (Yellow Tangerine)
- Collected Tanka of Shima Sato
- One Hundred Songs of Sataro Sato (ed.)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Lyrical tanka that delicately depicts everyday lifeScenic expressions centered on the poet's home garden (known as the 'Shima style')
- Recurring Motifs
- gardenflowerswatersidepostwar everyday life
Legacy
Shima Sato is known for lyrical tanka depicting postwar everyday life. She devoted herself to editing and publishing the tanka magazine Hodou and continued composing throughout her life. Her distinctive 'Shima style', centered on her home garden, has been recognized, and she left numerous collections and editorial works.
Academic Societies
- Japan Poets Club
Trivia
- Her husband was the tanka poet Sataro Sato.
- She long served as editor and publisher of the tanka magazine Hodou.
- Born in 1913 and passed away in 2009 at the age of 95.