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Mutsuo Takano

たかの ムツオ

Takano Mutsuo

ペンネーム: Mutsuo Takano (real name)（Legal/birth name）

プロフィール

性別
男性
生誕
1947-07-14 （Iwagasaki (now Kurihara), Miyagi Prefecture, Japan）
国籍
Japan
言語
Japanese
居住地歴
Tagajō, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan (residence)

経歴

職業
haiku poet, junior high school teacher, editor, judge (literary)
活動期間
1960年〜
所属
Kairo (haiku group), Kogumaza (editor/leader), Modern Haiku Association (chair), Museum of Modern Japanese Poetry and Poetics (director)
所属団体
Japan PEN Club (member), Modern Haiku Association
影響を受けた人物
Tota Kaneko, Kibō Satō (Satō Kibō), Midori Onna Abe

学歴

Kokugakuin University
Faculty of Letters, Department of Literature / Department of Literature
国: Japan

受賞歴

Kairo Newcomer Prize (Honorable Mention)
1972
主催: Kairo (haiku group)
結果: 受賞
Kairo Prize (24th)
1988
主催: Kairo
結果: 受賞
Miyagi Prefecture Arts Award
1994
主催: Miyagi Prefecture
結果: 受賞
Modern Haiku Association Award (44th)
1994
主催: Modern Haiku Association
結果: 受賞
Yomiuri Literature Prize (Poetry/Haiku category, 65th)
2013
対象作品: Man no Hane (Wings of Myriad)
部門: 詩歌俳句賞
主催: Yomiuri Shimbun
結果: 受賞
Ono City Poetry and Literature Prize (6th)
2013
対象作品: Man no Hane (Wings of Myriad)
主催: Ono City
結果: 受賞
Jakko Prize (48th)
2013
対象作品: Man no Hane (Wings of Myriad)
主催: Jakko Prize Committee
結果: 受賞

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

House of Heat Haze

1987年 haiku

First haiku collection, notable for sensitive use of seasonal words and youthful perspective.

seasonseveryday life

Crow Pillars

1993年 haiku

Mid-career collection with deepening sombre tones and attentive observations of nature.

natureambiguity

The Blood of the Skylark

1996年 haiku

1990s collection featuring lyrical motifs and regional elements.

localitylyricism

King of Insects

2003年 haiku

Collection combining elements of the fantastic with keen observation.

life and deathnature observation

Wings of Myriad (Man no Hane)

2013年 haiku

Haiku collection that includes many poems responding to the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake; recurring images of death, memorial flowers, and mourning.

disaster/earthquakemourningloss

Single Wing

2016年 haiku

Recent collection marked by intensified introspection.

introspectionmemory

Haiku That Tell Life: The Gaze After 3/11

2018年 criticism/essays

Essays discussing haiku and expression after the 3/11 earthquake.

disaster poetryliterary criticism

Appreciation: The Time-Space of Kigo

2020年 criticism

Work analyzing the meanings and spatiotemporal functions of kigo (seasonal words).

seasonal wordshaiku theory

That Moment — When Haiku Are Born

2021年 criticism / photo collaboration

Book capturing moments of haiku creation paired with photographs.

creationmoment

全著作

  • House of Heat Haze (1987)
  • Crow Pillars (1993)
  • The Blood of the Skylark (1996)
  • King of Insects (2003)
  • Collected Works of Mutsuo Takano (2007)
  • Wings of Myriad (2013)
  • Single Wing (2016)
  • Haiku That Tell Life: The Gaze After 3/11 (2018)
  • Appreciation: The Time-Space of Kigo (2020)
  • That Moment — When Haiku Are Born (2021)

作風・主題

文体
realistic yet lyrical use of seasonal words (kigo)concise construction of sharp imagery
頻出モチーフ
seasonsloss and mourningclose observation of nature

健康

  • laryngeal cancer
    2007
    Underwent surgery in 2007; the experience affected his life and later poetic work.

評価・遺産

Recognized for haiku addressing the 2011 disaster, Takano is a prominent contemporary haiku poet who has contributed to the field as a judge and organizational leader.

関連学会

  • Modern Haiku Association
  • Museum of Modern Japanese Poetry and Poetics

資料所蔵先

  • Holdings at the Museum of Modern Japanese Poetry and Poetics

引用

  • In Michinoku this year all the cherry blossoms are offerings
    出典: Man no Hane (Wings of Myriad) (haiku collection) (2013年)

豆知識

  • At age 10 one of his submissions was selected by Midori Onna Abe.
  • He was the first postwar-born recipient of the Jakko Prize.