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Katsumi Tsujita

つじた かつみ

Tsujita Katsumi

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1931-03-28 （Kyoto, Japan）
Died
2022-08-24 （hospital in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan） age 91
Nationality
Japan
Languages
Japanese
Residence History
Kyoto, Japan

Career

Occupations
haiku poet, teacher
Active Years
1957-2022
Affiliations
Japan Bungeika Association, Haiku Poets Association (vice president)
Memberships
Japan Bungeika Association, Haiku Poets Association
Influenced By
Seishi Yamaguchi, Fujio Akimoto

Education

Kyoto University
Faculty of Letters
Country: Japan

Awards

Hyokai Prize (9th)
1960
Organization: Hyokai (magazine)
Result: winner
Seiren Prize (2nd)
1968
Organization: Hyokai contributors' prize
Result: winner
Tenro Corona Prize
1972
Work: Ope-ki
Organization: Tenro (magazine)
Result: winner
Haiku Poets Association Newcomer Prize (4th)
1981
Work: Ope-ki (haiku collection)
Organization: Haiku Poets Association
Result: winner
Murasaki Shikibu Civic Cultural Prize (1st)
1991
Work: Hata (haiku collection)
Organization: Murasaki Shikibu Civic Cultural Prize committee
Result: winner
Haiku Poets Association Prize (51st)
2010
Work: Haru no Koe (Spring's Voice)
Organization: Haiku Poets Association
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Meibou

haiku collection

A collection of haiku characterized by a measured and precise style.

natureseasonal awarenessinner life

Ope-ki

haiku collection

A representative haiku collection containing prize-winning poems.

illness and lifeobservationfragments of daily life

Hoozue

haiku collection

A collection that captures everyday moments with a quiet gaze.

silencecontemplation

Hirune

haiku collection

Contains haiku that capture light everyday moments.

daily lifelightness

Shomei

haiku collection

A collection gathering works with distinctive diction and perspective.

memorylandscape

Hieshi

haiku collection

A collection including haiku that evoke a sense of history and folklore.

historyfolklore

Narcissus

haiku collection

A collection with many haiku that gaze at the self and inner life.

selfintrospection

Haru no Koe (Spring's Voice)

haiku collection

A haiku collection centered on the themes of spring. Recipient of the Haiku Poets Association Prize.

springrenewalnature

Hata

haiku collection

A collection named after the journal he founded; recipient of a civic cultural prize.

communitytradition

Bibliography

  • Meibou
  • Ope-ki
  • Hoozue
  • Hirune
  • Shomei
  • Hieshi
  • Narcissus
  • Haru no Koe
  • Hata
  • Katsumi Tsujita Collected Haiku (Gendai Haiku Library)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
measured and concise dictionobservational realism
Recurring Motifs
seasonal motifsnature imageryintrospective reflection

Health

  • aspiration pneumonia
    2022-08
    led to hospitalization and death

Legacy

Recognized in the postwar haiku world for a measured, observant style; recipient of multiple awards and contributor to haiku organizations and regional haiku circles.

Academic Societies

  • Japan Bungeika Association
  • Haiku Poets Association

Archives

  • National Diet Library (holdings)
  • CiNii (academic database)

Trivia

  • Born in Kyoto.
  • After graduating from Kyoto University Faculty of Letters, he worked as a junior high and high school teacher.
  • Joined the haiku magazines Tenro and Hyokai in 1957.
  • Resigned from teaching in 1989 and founded/edited the haiku journal Hata in 1990.