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Tsuchiya Bunmei

つちや ぶんめい

Tsuchiya Bunmei

Pen Names: HebachokoPen name used for haiku and tanka submissions, Ide SeitaroPen name used for writing novels and plays

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1890-09-18 (Kamikō Village, Gunma District, Gunma Prefecture (now Takasaki), Japan)
Died
1990-12-08 (Yoyogi Hospital, Sendagaya, Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan) age 100
Nationality
Japan
Languages
Japanese
Residence History
Kamikō Village, Gunma District, Gunma Prefecture (now Takasaki), Japan → Aoyama Minami-chō, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan → Haramachi, Agatsuma District, Gunma Prefecture (now Higashi-Agatsuma), Japan

Career

Occupations
poet, Japanese literature scholar, university professor, journal editor
Active Years
1909-1990
Memberships
Japan Art Academy, Utakai Hajime selection committee member
Influenced By
Itō Sachio, Saitō Mokichi
Influenced
Kondō Yoshimi, Takayasu Kuniyo, Yoshida Sō, Watanabe Naoki, Yoshida Masatoshi, Okai Takashi

Education

University of Tokyo, Faculty of Letters
Faculty of Letters / Department of Philosophy (Psychology)
Degree: 学士
Period: 1912-1916
Year of Graduation: 1916
Country: Japan

Awards

Japan Art Academy Prize
1953
Organization: Japan Art Academy
Result: 受賞
Person of Cultural Merit
1984
Organization: Cabinet Office
Result: 受章
Modern Tanka Grand Prize
1985
Work: Seinan Kōshū
Organization: Modern Tanka Grand Prize
Result: 受賞
Order of Culture
1986
Organization: Order of Culture
Result: 受章
Honorary Citizen of Tokyo
1986
Organization: Tokyo Metropolitan Government
Result: 授与
Honorary Citizen of Gunma Prefecture
1986
Organization: Gunma Prefecture
Result: 授与

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Ōkan-shū

1930 Tanka 120 pages
urban lifefamily

Sanya-shū

1935 Tanka 110 pages
realismnaturalism

Manyōshū Private Annotated

1949 Annotated Commentary

Translations by Author

  • Persian Mythology by Firdawsi (Kōryōsha, 1916)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
naturalist realismobjective perspective
Recurring Motifs
the cityfamilywar

Health

  • Pneumonia
    1990年
    This was the direct cause of death

Legacy

He lived a long life as a tanka poet and made significant contributions to the development of modern tanka.

Museums

  • Gunma Prefectural Tsuchiya Bunmei Memorial Museum Hotoda-machi, Takasaki, Gunma, Japan

Academic Societies

  • Japan Art Academy

Trivia

  • He died at the age of 100.