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Kimihiko Takano

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Takano Kimihiko

別名: 日賀志康彦
ペンネーム: Kimihiko Takano(Pen name used for literary (tanka) publications)

プロフィール

性別
男性
生誕
1941-12-10 (Nagahama, Kita District, Ehime Prefecture (now Ozu City), Japan)
国籍
Japan
言語
Japanese
居住地歴
Nagahama (now Ozu City), Ehime Prefecture, Japan → Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan → Tokyo, Japan

経歴

職業
Tanka poet, Editor, College professor, Judge (literary selection committees)
活動期間
1964年〜
所属
Cosmos Tanka Society, Kawade Shobo Shinsha (editor), Aoyama Gakuin Women's Junior College (Department of Japanese Literature, Professor)
所属団体
Cosmos Tanka Society
影響を受けた人物
Shuji Miya

学歴

Ehime Prefectural Matsuyama Technical High School
Mechanical Department
期間: 1957-1960
卒業年: 1960
国: Japan
Graduated from technical high school; joined Nissan Motor Co. after graduation
Yokohama National University (evening program)
Faculty of Engineering / Department of Mechanical Engineering (evening program)
期間: 1961-1961
国: Japan
Entered evening program but withdrew before graduation
Tokyo Kyoiku University, Faculty of Letters (Tokyo Education University)
Faculty of Letters / Department of Japanese Literature
学位: 学士
期間: 1964-1967
卒業年: 1967
国: Japan
Studied under Shuji Miya; joined the Cosmos tanka society while at university

受賞歴

Kiri no Hana Prize
1967
結果: 受賞
Cosmos Prize
1976
主催: Cosmos Tanka Society
結果: 受賞
Tanka Kenkyu (Tanka Research) Prize
1982
対象作品: Ginyanma
主催: Tanka Kenkyusha
結果: 受賞
Wakayama Bokusui Prize
1996
対象作品: Tanka collection 'Tenkyu'
主催: Wakayama Bokusui Prize Committee
結果: 受賞
Shika Bungakukan Prize
2001
対象作品: Tanka collection 'Suien'
主催: Poetry & Song Literature Museum
結果: 受賞
Choko Prize
2001
対象作品: Tanka collection 'Suien'
結果: 受賞
Order of the Purple Ribbon
2004
主催: Government of Japan (honor)
結果: 受章
Mainichi Art Award
2013
対象作品: Tanka collection 'Koboko-gawa'
主催: Mainichi Newspapers
結果: 受賞
Ono City Poetry & Literature Prize
2013
対象作品: Tanka collection 'Koboko-gawa'
主催: Ono City
結果: 受賞
Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Rays
2013
主催: Government of Japan (honor)
結果: 受章
Yomiuri Literary Prize
2015
対象作品: Tanka collection 'Driftwood'
主催: Yomiuri Shimbun
結果: 受賞
Modern Tanka Grand Prize
2019
対象作品: 'Reading Myogokki' (vols. 1–2)
主催: Modern Tanka Grand Prize Committee
結果: 受賞

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

Light of the Estuary

1976年 Tanka (collection)

An early tanka collection featuring refined, measured poems on nature and everyday life.

naturewatereveryday life

Tenkyu

1996年 Tanka (collection)

A collection that uses restrained, exact language to explore the depths of life and sorrow. Winner of the Wakayama Bokusui Prize.

life and deathmelancholyintrospection

Suien

2000年 Tanka (collection)

Poems that evoke tranquility and memory through imagery of water and gardens. Awarded the Shika Bungakukan Prize and Choko Prize.

watermemorysilence

Koboko-gawa

2012年 Tanka (collection)

A collection reflecting on life's flow through river and waterside imagery. Winner of the Mainichi Art Award.

riversflowtime

Driftwood

2014年 Tanka (collection)

Using driftwood and drifting objects as motifs, this collection confronts memory and solitude. Winner of the Yomiuri Literary Prize.

driftsolitudememory

Reading Myogokki (vols. 1–2)

2018年 Tanka commentary / literary criticism

A study interpreting Teika's 'Myogokki', examining Teika's poems from the perspective of contemporary tanka. Winner of the Modern Tanka Grand Prize.

dialogue between classical and modernpoeticsstudy of Teika

全著作

  • Light of the Estuary (1976)
  • Pale Blue (1982)
  • Mizuki (1984)
  • Kimihiko Takano Collected Poems (1987)
  • Gekka (1988)
  • Suikō (1991)
  • Subterranean Galaxy (1994)
  • Tenkyu (1996)
  • Suien (2000)
  • Spherical Whole (2003)
  • Sweet Rain (2006)
  • Water Smoke of Tenpyo (2008)
  • Koboko-gawa (2012)
  • Driftwood (2014)
  • Seamless Sea: Tanka Diary 2015 (2016)
  • Self-Portrait of Water (2021)
  • Reading Myogokki: With Teika's Poems (2018)

作風・主題

文体
neat, restrained expressionconcise, finely honed dictionblend of respect for classical poetry and contemporary perspective
頻出モチーフ
water, rivers, seamemory and timesolitude and introspectionBuddhist / religious imagery

評価・遺産

Kimihiko Takano is known for his measured, restrained tanka style. As a poet, editor and educator he has had a longstanding influence on contemporary tanka, receiving multiple major literary awards for his collections and critical works.

関連学会

  • Cosmos Tanka Society

資料所蔵先

  • National Diet Library (catalog/authority files)
  • VIAF / WorldCat and other authority databases

豆知識

  • Real name: 日賀志康彦.
  • Worked at Nissan Motor Co. in his youth, involved in engine testing and similar work.
  • Served 26 years as an editor at Kawade Shobo Shinsha.
  • A member of the Cosmos tanka society and a pupil of Shuji Miya.
  • Served as a professor in the Department of Japanese Literature at Aoyama Gakuin Women's Junior College.