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Shutaro Sugimoto

すぎもと ひでたろう

Sugimoto Shutaro

プロフィール

性別
男性
生誕
1931-01-21 (Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan)
死没
2015-05-27 (Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan (home)) 84歳
国籍
Japan
言語
Japanese, French
居住地歴
Kyoto (primary residence)

経歴

職業
French literature scholar, Literary critic, Essayist, University professor
活動期間
1953年〜2015年
所属
Kyoto Women's University (Professor Emeritus), International Research Center for Japanese Studies (Professor / Professor Emeritus), Japan Art Academy (Member)
所属団体
Japan Art Academy
影響を受けた人物
Takeo Kuwabara

学歴

Kyoto University
Faculty of Letters, Department of French Literature / Department of French Literature
期間: 1949-1953
卒業年: 1953
国: Japan
Kyoto University (Graduate School)
Graduate School of Letters / Department of French Literature
期間: 1956-1961
卒業年: 1961
国: Japan
Left doctoral program after completing required credits (no doctorate conferred)

受賞歴

Japan Essayist Club Prize
1977
対象作品: Rakuchu Seisoku (Essays on Life in Central Kyoto)
主催: Japan Essayist Club
結果: 受賞
Arts Encouragement Newcomer Award
1978
対象作品: Literary Performance (Bungaku Engi)
主催: Agency for Cultural Affairs (Arts Encouragement)
結果: 受賞
Yomiuri Literature Prize
1988
対象作品: Tsurezuregusa (Reading the Classic)
主催: Yomiuri Shimbun
結果: 受賞
Osaragi Jiro Prize
1996
対象作品: The Tale of the Heike: Listening to Impermanence
主催: Osaragi Jiro Prize Committee
結果: 受賞
Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon
2003
主催: Cabinet Office, Japan
結果: 受章
Kyoto City Cultural Merit
2005
主催: City of Kyoto
結果: 受賞
Kyoto Prefectural Cultural Award (Special Merit)
2015
部門: 特別功労賞
主催: Kyoto Prefecture
結果: 受賞

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

Rakuchu Seisoku

1976年 Essays

An essay collection on life in central Kyoto, depicting local scenes and daily life with subtle observation.

KyotoEveryday lifeSeasonal customs

Bungaku Engi

1977年 Criticism / Essays

A collection of essays and criticisms on literature and the arts.

Literary theoryArt criticism

Tsurezuregusa: Reading the Classic

1987年 Criticism / Classical commentary

A study interpreting Tsurezuregusa from a modern perspective, discussing its literary value.

Classical literatureInterpretation

The Tale of the Heike: Listening to Impermanence

1996年 Literary study / adaptation

A book centered on the theme of impermanence in The Tale of the Heike, discussing expression and readings of the Japanese classic.

The Tale of the HeikeImpermanenceClassical reinterpretation

全著作

  • Otagaki Rengetsu
  • Rakuchu Seisoku
  • Bungaku Engi
  • My Saijiki (Seasonal Notes)
  • Tsurezuregusa: Reading the Classic
  • The Tale of the Heike: Listening to Impermanence
  • Collected Essays of Shutaro Sugimoto (5 vols.)
  • The Joy of Seeing: Ecology of Form
  • The Ostrich Egg: Poems by Shutaro Sugimoto
  • Petals of the Soul, Patterns of Thought (posthumous)

作家による翻訳

  • Alain (Collected Literary Essays)
  • The Life of Form (Henri Focillon)
  • Pelléas and Mélisande (Maurice Maeterlinck)
  • Les Fleurs du mal (Charles Baudelaire)

作風・主題

文体
Clear, precise critical proseEssayistic style that weaves in seasonal sensibilities
頻出モチーフ
Kyoto landscapes and seasonal customsInterest in classical literatureArt and aesthetics

健康

  • Leukemia
    2015年(晩年)
    Died of leukemia in May 2015

評価・遺産

Based in Kyoto, he left a distinct body of criticism and essays bridging French literary studies and Japanese classical and art discourse. Through preservation of the Sugimoto family residence he contributed to local cultural heritage and influenced later scholars and cultural figures.

記念館・博物館

  • Sugimoto Family Residence (Preservation House) Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan 1990年開館

関連学会

  • Japan Art Academy

資料所蔵先

  • Naraya Memorial Sugimoto Family Preservation Association (Sugimoto family archives)
  • Kyoto Women's University (holds related materials / used the old rice storehouse for campus activities)

大衆文化への影響

  • Frequently cited in regional guides as works introducing Kyoto machiya and traditional culture

豆知識

  • The Sugimoto family residence was designated an Important Cultural Property of Japan in 2010.
  • He received the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon in 2003.
  • A posthumous work, "Petals of the Soul, Patterns of Thought," was published in 2024.