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Hideaki Takamatsu

たかまつ ひであき

takamatsu hideaki

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1924-03-16 (Hokkaido, Japan)
Died
2019-04-14 age 95
Nationality
Japan
Languages
Japanese

Career

Occupations
tanka poet, poet
Active Years
2019
Affiliations
Organizer/editor of the literary magazine Kodachi, Member of the group/magazine Uta to Kansho, Published the personal magazine Shishiza
Influenced By
Iwao Okayama

Education

Tokyo Foreign Language School (former system)
Country: Japan
Graduated from the former Tokyo Foreign Language School

Awards

Japan Tanka Poets Club Prize
1996
Work: Sora ni Kaza-bana (Chū ni Kaza-hana)
Organization: Japan Tanka Poets Club
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Musai-shoku (Tanka Collection)

1957 tanka

An early collection of tanka characterized by concise and restrained poems.

naturelyricism

Forgotten Winter Scenes (Tanka Collection)

1964 tanka

A collection focusing on winter scenes and memories.

wintermemory

Sogenfu (Collected Tanka of Hideaki Takamatsu)

1968 tanka

One of his notable mid-career collections, containing poems with fantastical imagery.

fantasynature

Seirinsyu (Definitive Collected Tanka)

1985 tanka

A definitive collected volume compiling works across many years.

recollectionnature

Yoshino Hideo: The Monument and Its Surroundings

1995 criticism / travelogue

An examination and record of Yoshino Hideo and the monuments dedicated to him.

monumentsliterary study

Chū ni Kazahana (Tanka Collection)

1995 tanka

The tanka collection awarded the Japan Tanka Poets Club Prize in 1996, including poems themed on sky and wind.

skywind

Ama no Sakaboko (Tanka Collection)

1999 tanka

One of his later collections, featuring strong symbolic expressions.

symbolismnature

Isuzu Hibiki (Tanka Collection)

2002 tanka

A late-career collection focusing on sound and resonance.

soundtravel

Departing Now: My Endless Tanka (Collected Tanka)

2006 tanka

A collection from the 2000s centering on departure and reflections on life.

departureretrospection

Bibliography

  • Musai-shoku (1957)
  • Forgotten Winter Scenes (1964)
  • Sogenfu (1968)
  • Seirinsyu (1985)
  • Yoshino Hideo: The Monument and Its Surroundings (1995)
  • Chū ni Kazahana (1995)
  • Ama no Sakaboko (1999)
  • Isuzu Hibiki (2002)
  • Departing Now: My Endless Tanka (2006)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
concise, restrained tankause of symbolic and fantastical imagery
Recurring Motifs
naturewindskywinterdeparture

Legacy

A Japanese tanka poet active from the 20th to the 21st century. He influenced younger poets through editing and publishing literary magazines and was recognized with the Japan Tanka Poets Club Prize for Chū ni Kazahana.

Archives

  • National Diet Library (Author ID: 00078540)
  • VIAF (Identifier: 258057977)

Trivia

  • Registered in VIAF (258057977)
  • Listed in the National Diet Library author data (00078540)
  • Alumnus of Tokyo Foreign Language School (former system)
  • Won the Japan Tanka Poets Club Prize in 1996