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Takii Kosaku

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Takii Kosaku

ペンネーム: SessaiHaigō (pen name used in haiku)

プロフィール

性別
男性
生誕
1894-04-04 (Takayama, Gifu, Japan)
死没
1984-11-21 (Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan) 90歳
国籍
Japan
言語
Japanese
居住地歴
Takayama, Gifu, Japan → Kanda (now Chiyoda), Tokyo, Japan → Abiko, Chiba, Japan → Kyoto, Japan → Nara, Japan → Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan

経歴

職業
Novelist, Haiku poet, Editor
活動期間
1909年〜1984年
所属
Japan Art Academy, Jiji Shimpō literary department (staff), Kaizō magazine literary column (reporter)
所属団体
Akutagawa Prize selection committee member, Member of the Japan Art Academy
影響を受けた人物
Katō Hekigotō, Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Naoya Shiga, Saneatsu Mushanokōji

受賞歴

Yomiuri Literature Prize
1961
対象作品: Ozawa Bido Anthology (editor)
主催: Yomiuri Shimbun
結果: 受賞
Yomiuri Literature Prize
1969
対象作品: Yashu
主催: Yomiuri Shimbun
結果: 受賞
Japan Literature Grand Prize
1974
対象作品: Haijin Nakama
主催: Japan Literature Grand Prize Committee
結果: 受賞
Person of Cultural Merit
1974
主催: Government of Japan
結果: 顕彰
Order of the Sacred Treasure, 3rd Class
1969
主催: Government of Japan
結果: 受章
Order of the Sacred Treasure, 2nd Class
1975
主催: Government of Japan
結果: 受章
Honorary Citizen of Takayama
1971
主催: Takayama City
結果: 叙勲/顕彰

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

Infinite Embrace

1927年 Novel

A celebrated romance novel blending I‑novel elements with realistic depictions of love and human relationships.

loveI-novel (autobiographical realism)human relationships

Until Marriage

1940年 Short story collection

A collection of short stories portraying everyday life and human relationships.

everyday lifefamilyhuman relationships

Matsushima: Autumn Hues

1952年 Fiction / Essays

Works focusing on landscape description and a sense of nostalgia.

landscapenostalgianature

Yashu

1968年 Short story collection

A short story collection themed on nature and rustic charm; recipient of the 1969 Yomiuri Literature Prize.

naturenostalgialandscape fiction

Haijin Nakama

1973年 Novel

A novel recalling the modern haiku circle, depicting the author's history and friendships in the haiku world.

haikuremembranceliterary history

全著作

  • Issue of a Younger Sister (Gentōsha, 1922)
  • The Chastity of the Husband (Shinchōsha, 1923)
  • Infinite Embrace (Kaizōsha, 1927)
  • Fūryūjin (Yahponna Shobō, 1930)
  • Sessai Haiku Collection (Yaponna Shobō, 1931)
  • Yokubōke (Buntaisha, 1934)
  • Sessai Essays (Noda Shobō, 1935)
  • Fūbutsushi (Sunagoya Shobō, 1938)
  • Sekisetsu (Kaizōsha, 1938)
  • Until Marriage (Sunagoya Shobō, 1940)
  • Father (Takayama Shoin, 1941)
  • Chishin (Koyama Shoten, 1942)
  • Ukinedori (Ishihara Kyūryūdō, 1943)
  • Snow-Gap Greens (Kamakura Shobō, 1946)
  • Hometown (Mishima Shobō, 1946)
  • Koto Stories (Sakurai Shoten, 1947)
  • Naoya Shiga Interview Diary (Zenkoku Shobō, 1947)
  • Nostalgia (Chūōkōronsha, 1950)
  • Wildflower (Chikuma Shobō, 1953)
  • Fishing Friends (Kadokawa Shinsho, 1954)
  • As Is, Unvarnished (Sakurai Shoten, 1959)
  • Sea Shells (Sakurai Shoten, 1960)
  • Yashu (Daiwa Shobō, 1968)
  • Okina-gusa (Kyūryūdō, 1968)
  • Haijin Nakama (Shinchōsha, 1973)
  • About Mr. Shiga's Life (Shinchōsha, 1974)
  • Complete Haiku of Takii Kosaku (Bokuyōsha, 1974)
  • Mountain Cherry (Kōdansha, 1975)
  • Selected Short Stories (Daiwa Shobō, 1975)
  • Joy of Fishing (Futami Shobō, 1975)
  • Selected Essays (Daiwa Shobō, 1975)
  • Flower on the Rock (Kyūryūdō, 1976)

翻案

  • Portrayed as a character in the film 'Hajimete no Onna' (2020)

作風・主題

文体
I-novel (autobiographical) realismlandscape-oriented fictionconcise prose influenced by haiku
頻出モチーフ
naturenostalgiaNoh theater and classical culturehuman affectionfishing (ayu angling)

健康

  • Acute renal failure
    1984年11月
    Led to death (acute renal failure)

評価・遺産

A writer noted for contributions to modern haiku and I-novel style fiction. Active as an editor and prize selector, he exerted long-standing influence on Japanese literary circles from the prewar to postwar eras.

関連学会

  • Japan Art Academy

資料所蔵先

  • Complete Works of Takii Kosaku (Chūōkōronsha)

大衆文化への影響

  • Depicted as a character in the film 'Hajimete no Onna' (2020)

豆知識

  • Haigō (haiku pen name): 'Sessai'.
  • An avid shogi player; granted ranks (2nd in 1954, reached 6th by 1974) and wrote text used on some shogi ranking certificates.
  • His home survived the Hachioji air raid during World War II.
  • Served early on selection committees for the Akutagawa Prize (from 1935).