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Takeyama Hiroshi

たけやま ひろし

Takeyama Hiroshi

ペンネーム: Takeyama HiroshiUsed as a pen name in modern kanji

プロフィール

性別
男性
生誕
1920-02-29 (Minamitabira Village, Kitamatsura District, Nagasaki Prefecture (now Tabira, Hirado))
死没
2010-03-30 (Togitsu, Nishisonogi District, Nagasaki Prefecture) 90歳
国籍
Japan
言語
Japanese
宗教
Household with hidden Christian background (Christianity)

経歴

職業
tanka poet, printing business owner
活動期間
1981年〜2010年
影響を受けた人物
Akinori Baba

学歴

Kaisei Middle School (old system)
期間: 卒業 1939年
卒業年: 1939
国: Japan
Graduated from the old-system Kaisei Middle School; subsequently worked at the Nagasaki branch of the Fukuoka Monopoly Bureau

受賞歴

Nagasaki Prefecture Literature Prize
1981
対象作品: Everlasting River (Tōkoshie no Kawa)
主催: Nagasaki Prefecture
結果: 受賞
Nagarami Contemporary Tanka Prize
1996
対象作品: A Single Chair
主催: Nagarami Contemporary Tanka Prize Committee
結果: 受賞
Saito Mokichi Tanka Literature Award
2002
対象作品: Complete Tanka Collection of Takeyama Hiroshi
主催: Saito Mokichi Tanka Literature Award Committee
結果: 受賞
Poetry and Poetics Museum Prize
2002
対象作品: Complete Tanka Collection of Takeyama Hiroshi
主催: Poetry and Poetics Museum
結果: 受賞
Choko (Choko) Prize
2002
対象作品: Shato (Shooting Prayer)
主催: Choko Prize Committee
結果: 受賞
Nagasaki Shimbun Cultural Award
2002
対象作品: Complete Tanka Collection of Takeyama Hiroshi
主催: Nagasaki Shimbun
結果: 受賞
Modern Tanka Grand Prize
2009
対象作品: May I Sleep?
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

Everlasting River

1981年 tanka

First collection (debut). A late debut collection containing tanka reflecting hibakusha experience and everyday life.

hibakusha experienceeveryday lifenature
翻訳
  • English translation 'Everlasting River' translated by Fumi Yuki, 2008

Hill of Cherry-Leaf Blossoms

1986年 tanka

Second collection emphasizing nature poems and poems about daily life.

naturedaily life

Aftersound

1990年 tanka

Third collection including poems deriving from his hibakusha experience.

atomic bombingremembrance

A Single Chair

1995年 tanka

Fourth collection combining formal nature poems and hibakusha poems; highly regarded.

naturehibakusha experiencesolitude

Thousand Days, Thousand Nights

1999年 tanka

Fifth collection covering a wide range of subjects during his mid-period.

timememory

Complete Tanka Collection of Takeyama Hiroshi

2001年 tanka

Comprehensive collection that compiles his works and led to multiple awards.

hibakusha experiencenaturesocial commentary

Shato (Shooting Prayer)

2001年 tanka

Sixth collection (included in the complete collection) highly praised and awarded the Choko Prize.

prayerhibakusha experience

Kanen (Distant Years)

2004年 tanka

Seventh collection showing a mature poetic voice.

maturityreminiscence

Sky of Sky

2007年 tanka

Eighth collection with reflections on nature and philosophical thought.

naturephilosophy

May I Sleep?

2008年 tanka

Ninth collection including socially engaged poems criticizing public remarks by Shōsei Kuman; winner of the Modern Tanka Grand Prize.

social commentaryhibakusha experiencejustice

World of Earth

2010年 tanka

Tenth collection published posthumously including works considered part of his late oeuvre.

life and deathearth

全著作

  • Everlasting River (1981)
  • Hill of Cherry-Leaf Blossoms (1986)
  • Aftersound (1990)
  • A Single Chair (1995)
  • Thousand Days, Thousand Nights (1999)
  • Complete Tanka Collection of Takeyama Hiroshi (2001)
  • Shato (2001)
  • Kanen (2004)
  • Sky of Sky (2007)
  • May I Sleep? (2008)
  • World of Earth (2010)

翻案

  • Choral pieces created based on his tanka

作品の翻訳

  • English translation 'Everlasting River' translated by Fumi Yuki, 2008

作風・主題

文体
elevated nature poetrysocial commentaryhumorous everyday poemshibakusha poetry (based on atomic-bombing experiences)
頻出モチーフ
atomic bombingnaturefamilyeveryday scenesprayer

健康

  • pulmonary tuberculosis
    1945年(発病・入院)
    Suffered pulmonary tuberculosis and hemoptysis in 1945 and was hospitalized. He was hospitalized at the time of the Nagasaki bombing and survived with relatively light injuries; the experience affected his later life and work.
  • pulmonary disease (late-life)
    2010年(死因)
    Died of pulmonary disease in 2010. Respiratory decline in old age contributed to his death.

評価・遺産

Recognized as a leading hibakusha tanka poet from Nagasaki while also distinguished for nature poems, everyday verse, and social commentary. Despite a late debut he won multiple major awards and contributed to preserving and articulating atomic-bombing experiences from a regional base.

資料所蔵先

  • Materials held in the National Diet Library and other repositories

大衆文化への影響

  • Choral arrangements and performances based on his tanka

引用

  • Having placed everything I wished for and left, the time drew near — may I sleep?
    出典: 'May I Sleep?' (2008), title poem (2008年)
  • Beneath the collapsed stone wall five fingers spread — boy, is it something to say 'it can't be helped'?
    出典: 'May I Sleep?' (2008) — a poem criticizing Shōsei Kumma's remark (2008年)

豆知識

  • He was a late-blooming poet who published his first collection at age 61.
  • Born into a family with hidden Christian (Kakure Kirishitan) background.
  • 'Everlasting River', an English translation of his works, was published in 2008.