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Takuya Tomita

とみた たくや

Tomita Takuya

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1979-04-26 （Osaka Prefecture）
Nationality
Japan
Languages
Japanese
Residence History
Osaka Prefecture → Daito, Osaka

Career

Occupations
haiku poet
Active Years
2000-
Influenced By
Shiba Fukio

Awards

Shiba Fukio Haiku Newcomer Award
2002
Organization: Shiba Fukio Haiku Newcomer Award
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

The Rain Falls to Deceive the Blue Sky

2004 haiku

First haiku collection published in 2004. Not commercially available; a PDF was published on the Ehime Prefecture Cultural Promotion Foundation website. Contains carefully crafted, hard-edged lyrical haiku.

hard-edged lyricismsolitudenight sky and nature

New Selection 21 (collection, co-authored)

2010 anthology (haiku)

A 2010 co-authored anthology collecting works by several contemporary haiku poets; Tomita appears as a contributing poet.

contemporary haiku trendsdiverse styles

Bibliography

  • The Rain Falls to Deceive the Blue Sky (2004, Ehime Prefecture Cultural Promotion Foundation)
  • New Selection 21 (co-authored, 2010, Yushorin)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
hard-edged lyricismprecise diction
Recurring Motifs
Milky Way imageryswansscorching sun

Legacy

Recognized as one of the 21st-century Japanese haiku poets. Known for an independent approach without a formal mentor and for hard-edged lyrical haiku.

Archives

  • VIAF identifier: 260016632
  • National Diet Library ID: 00953779

Quotes

  • A single forefinger drowns in the Milky Way
    Source: The Rain Falls to Deceive the Blue Sky (haiku collection) (2004)
  • As fragments of the blazing sun, the swans arrive
    Source: The Rain Falls to Deceive the Blue Sky (haiku collection) (2004)

Trivia

  • The first haiku collection was not commercially sold; a PDF was published on the Ehime Prefecture Cultural Promotion Foundation website.
  • He does not belong to a haiku association and maintains a policy of having no formal mentor.