日本の文学賞

← ホームに戻る

Gajou Shimada

しまだ がじょう

Shimada Gajou

ペンネーム: Gajou ShimadaPen name used for haiku composition and editorial work. Legal name is Hiroo.

プロフィール

性別
男性
生誕
1957-02-09 (Okazaki, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan)
国籍
Japan
言語
Japanese
居住地歴
Okazaki, Kyoto (birthplace) → Tori-no-kubai-chō, Muko / Mukō (childhood residence) → Tokyo (moved for work in 1981) → Shinkoda, Saku City, Nagano Prefecture (moved in 1999) → Amagasaki, Hyōgo Prefecture (moved in 2015)

経歴

職業
haiku poet, editor
活動期間
1973年〜
影響を受けた人物
Sōjō Hino, Sōha Hatano, Kanta Ishi, Banya Natsuishi

学歴

Takatsuki Junior & Senior High School
期間: 高等学校在学(〜1977年)
国: Japan
Kansai University
Faculty of Letters, Department of Philosophy / Department of Philosophy
期間: 1977–1981(中退)
国: Japan
Entered 1977; left university in 1981 without graduating

受賞歴

Setsuryōsha Haiku Grand Prize (Book Prize)
2001
主催: Setsuryosha Museum (Setsuryosha Haiku Convention)
結果: winner

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

Hi o Takaku

1984年 small haiku collection

Early small collection of short haiku, published with a foreword by Sei Imai; gathers brief early poems.

Japanese culturerediscovery of seasonal words (kigo)close observation of daily life

Sōchinsō

2000年 haiku collection

A haiku collection published by Yūshorin; the book that won the Setsuryōsha haiku prize (book prize).

seasonal wordslocal landscapestradition and personal experience

Goshoku

2011年 haiku collection

Second haiku collection published by Yūshorin, containing mid-career poems.

social gazememory and place

The Backbone of Haiku

2017年 essay collection

Collection of essays on haiku including proposals for new seasonal words and reflections on haiku composition.

haiku theoryexpansion of kigo (seasonal words)editing and publishing

全著作

  • Hi o Takaku (1984, Minamisha)
  • Sōchinsō (2000, Yūshorin)
  • Goshoku (2011, Yūshorin)
  • The Backbone of Haiku (2017, Yūshorin)
  • Co-authored/edited works (e.g. Famous Songs & Verses Dictionary; Talking about First Collections)

作風・主題

文体
realist haiku expression based on thorough researcha civic-researcher perspective that rediscovers seasonal vocabulary
頻出モチーフ
kigo and proposals for new seasonal wordsJapanese culture and quotidian detailslocal/home landscapes

評価・遺産

Noted both as a haiku poet and as an editor/publisher who has discovered and promoted younger poets. Contributed to haiku studies by reassessing seasonal words and proposing new kigo.

引用

  • Tsubakura ya / a blood blister — / a thick needle pierces
    出典: Haiku (source unclear)

豆知識

  • Legal name is Hiroo.
  • Entered Kansai University (Faculty of Letters, Department of Philosophy) and left in 1981 without graduating.
  • As an editor at Yūshorin he was involved in publishing many haiku collections and critical works.
  • While still living, a tombstone has been established for him at the cemetery outside Katsuji-ji (requires primary-source confirmation).