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Tomiko Dodo

どど とみこ

Dodo Tomiko

プロフィール

性別
女性
生誕
1929-08-04 （Osaka）
死没
2019-06-28 89歳
国籍
Japan
言語
Japanese
居住地歴
Osaka → Ogaki, Gifu Prefecture

経歴

職業
tanka poet, elementary school teacher
活動期間
1951年〜2019年
所属
Tanka-jin (magazine), Genkei (journal; participated as committee member), Naka no Kai (regional poets' group)
影響を受けた人物
Fumi Saitō
影響を与えた人物
Takashi Okai, Takeru Kasugai

受賞歴

Modern Tanka Poets Assembly Prize
1981
対象作品: Tanka Collection: Sōmaiki
主催: Modern Tanka Poets Assembly
結果: winner
Kuzuhara Taeko Prize
2013
対象作品: Tanka Collection: Natsu no Tsuji (Summer Crossroads)
主催: Kuzuhara Taeko Prize Committee
結果: winner

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

Blind Carousel

1962年 tanka collection

Early collection featuring fantastical and symbolic imagery.

fantasysymbolism

Soar

1969年 tanka collection (self-published)

Self-published collection blending personal sensibility with natural description.

naturepersonal emotion

Tani-kami (Valley God)

1976年 tanka collection

Collection from her regional period; intertwines local character with fantastical elements.

sense of placefantasy

Sōmaiki

1981年 tanka collection

One of her representative works showing a clear fantastical bent; won the Modern Tanka Poets Assembly Prize in 1981.

fantasybirds

Tengu (Longhorn Beetle)

1989年 tanka collection

Collection containing delicate poems depicting nature and creatures.

naturecreatures

Seven Lanterns

1996年 tanka collection

Mid-period collection noted for its tranquility and meditative perspective.

tranquilitymeditation

Large Fan

2001年 tanka collection

Work from her mature period showing refinement of form and imagery.

formal beautynatural imagery

Tomiko Dodo: Fūtaku (Wind Bell)

2005年 tanka collection

Collection notable for its imagery of wind and sound.

windsound

Tomiko Dodo: Kumo no Ne (Roots of Clouds)

2008年 tanka collection

Collection of works from the early 21st century exploring intersections of fantasy and everyday life.

fantasyeveryday life

Tomiko Dodo: Natsu no Tsuji (Summer Crossroads)

2013年 tanka collection

Published in 2013; winner of the Kuzuhara Taeko Prize, featuring mature-perspective tanka.

maturityseasonality

Tomiko Dodo: Araki Nogiku (Wilderness Wild Chrysanthemum)

2020年 tanka collection (posthumous/collected poems)

Posthumous collection including farewell poems; published after her death.

memoriallate period

全著作

  • Blind Carousel (Fudō Kōbō, 1962)
  • Soar (self-published, 1969)
  • Tani-kami (Kokubunsha, 1976)
  • Sōmaiki (Sunagoya Shobō, 1981)
  • Tengu (Sunagoya Shobō, 1989)
  • Seven Lanterns (Sunagoya Shobō, 1996)
  • Large Fan (Sunagoya Shobō, 2001)
  • Fūtaku (Sunagoya Shobō, 2005)
  • Kumo no Ne (Kadokawa Shoten, 2008)
  • Natsu no Tsuji (Sunagoya Shobō, 2013)
  • Araki Nogiku (Sunagoya Shobō, 2020; posthumous)

作風・主題

文体
fantastical bentlyrical and symbolic expression
頻出モチーフ
birdswindnature

健康

  • pneumonia
    2019年（晩年）
    Died of pneumonia on 2019-06-28

評価・遺産

Known for her fantastical imagery and frequent use of bird motifs, she contributed to fostering younger tanka poets regionally. She won the Modern Tanka Poets Assembly Prize and the Kuzuhara Taeko Prize and was affectionately called 'the poet of birds.'

豆知識

  • She was sometimes called "the poet of birds."
  • She continued writing tanka while working as an elementary school teacher.