Kadokawa Tanka Award
1 appearances
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Edition 20 (1974) award
Yasuharu Ukai
うかい やすはる
Ukai Yasuharu
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1946-06-20 （Shiga Prefecture, Japan）
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
- Residence History
- Born in Shiga Prefecture; mainly resided in Osaka Prefecture
Career
- Occupations
- economist, tanka poet, critic, university professor
- Active Years
- 1975-
- Affiliations
- Kansai University, The Society of Socionetwork Strategies, Kansai University Institute for Socionetwork Strategy, Osaka Industrial and Economic Research Center (Visiting Researcher)
- Memberships
- Modern Tanka Poets Association, Japan PEN / Japan Writers' Association
- Influenced By
- Sataro Sato, Dale Jorgenson, Shosaburo Fujino
- Influenced
- Hiroaki Aoki, Shinji Watanabe, Toshihiko Takemura, Yasuhiro Nakamoto
- Nominations
- 25th Modern Tanka Association Prize nominee (1980)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rakusei High School | — | — | — | 〜1965 | Japan |
| Waseda University, Faculty of Political Science and Economics | Faculty of Political Science and Economics | Department of Economics | Bachelor | 〜1970 | Japan |
| Hitotsubashi University Graduate School of Economics | — | Theoretical Economics and Statistics | Master | 1970–1972 | Japan |
| Hitotsubashi University Graduate School of Economics (doctoral course) | — | Theoretical Economics and Statistics | — | 1972–1975 | Japan |
Rakusei High School
Period:
〜1965
Year of Graduation:
1965
Country:
Japan
High school graduation
Waseda University, Faculty of Political Science and Economics
Faculty of Political Science and Economics
/ Department of Economics
Degree:
Bachelor
Period:
〜1970
Year of Graduation:
1970
Country:
Japan
Graduated with a degree in Economics
Hitotsubashi University Graduate School of Economics
Theoretical Economics and Statistics
Degree:
Master
Period:
1970–1972
Year of Graduation:
1972
Country:
Japan
Completed master's coursework
Hitotsubashi University Graduate School of Economics (doctoral course)
Theoretical Economics and Statistics
Period:
1972–1975
Year of Graduation:
1975
Country:
Japan
Withdrew after completing required credits in doctoral program
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | Kadokawa Tanka Prize | Among Technocrats | — | Kadokawa Cultural Foundation | Winner |
| 1980 | Modern Tanka Association Prize (Nominee) | Fragments | — | Modern Tanka Poets Association | Nominee |
Kadokawa Tanka Prize
1974
Work:
Among Technocrats
Organization:
Kadokawa Cultural Foundation
Result:
Winner
Modern Tanka Association Prize (Nominee)
1980
Work:
Fragments
Organization:
Modern Tanka Poets Association
Result:
Nominee
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Fragments
1980 Tanka (poetry collection)Debut tanka collection blending Araragi-school tradition with urban and contemporary sensibilities.
cityfragmentationintrospection
Socionetwork
2005 Tanka (poetry collection)A tanka collection addressing the information society and the networked modern world.
information societynetworksmodernity
Beauty and Truth
2015 Tanka (poetry collection)A mature collection reflecting on aesthetics and truth, marked by contemplative poems.
beautytruthphilosophical reflection
Markets and Justice: Economic Theory and Conflicts in Japanese Society
2002 Economics (non-fiction)A scholarly work applying economic theory to analyze market mechanisms and justice in Japanese society.
market economyjusticepolicy
Traditional Poetry of the Information Society
2018 Essays / Cultural criticismAn essay collection exploring the relationship between the information society and poetry (tanka).
informationizationpoetrycultural criticism
Bibliography
- Fragments (KADOKAWA, 1980)
- Markets and Justice: Economic Theory and Conflicts in Japanese Society (Kansai University Press, 2002)
- Economic Analysis of Information System Investment in Banking Industry (Springer, 2005)
- Socionetwork (KADOKAWA, 2005)
- Fragments (paperback, Gendai Tanka Sha, 2014)
- Beauty and Truth (KADOKAWA, 2015)
- Traditional Poetry of the Information Society (Kansai University Press, 2018)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Tanka style inheriting the Araragi school traditionConcise, introspective dictionModern perspective that addresses contemporary and information societies
- Recurring Motifs
- city and informationfragmentsbeauty and truthtechnology and humanity
Legacy
A scholar and tanka poet active in both economics and poetry. A pioneer in studying the impact of ICT on economy and culture, while contributing a distinctive contemporary voice to tanka poetry.
Academic Societies
- Modern Tanka Poets Association
- Japan Writers' Association
- The Society of Socionetwork Strategies
Trivia
- Won the Kadokawa Tanka Prize in 1974.
- Professor emeritus at Kansai University; former professor of the Faculty of Informatics.
- Founding Editor-in-Chief of The Review of Socionetwork Strategies (Springer).
- Served as a Fulbright researcher at Harvard University.