Gendai Haiku Grand Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 4 (2004) award
Kihachi Wachi
わち きはち
Wachi Kihachi
Pen Names:
Juhō（Early pen name）
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1913-04-25 （Machida, Tokyo, Japan）
- Died
- 2004-10-23 （Hospital in Kusatsu, Shiga, Japan） age 91
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
Career
- Occupations
- haiku poet, company employee
- Active Years
- 1937-2004
- Affiliations
- Nippon Kokan (now part of JFE Group), Contributor to the magazine 'Kanrai' / Founder and later honorary editor of 'Kyoen'
- Memberships
- Modern Haiku Association (Honorary Member)
- Influenced By
- Shūsō Katō (Kato Shuuson)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chuo University | Faculty of Law | Department of Law | — | — | Japan |
Chuo University
Faculty of Law
/ Department of Law
Country:
Japan
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Modern Haiku Award | — | — | Modern Haiku Association | 受賞 |
| 1970 | Seizan Prize (Kanrai) | — | — | Kanrai (magazine) | 受賞 |
Modern Haiku Award
2004
Organization:
Modern Haiku Association
Result:
受賞
Seizan Prize (Kanrai)
1970
Organization:
Kanrai (magazine)
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Collected Haiku of Kihachi Wachi
1970 HaikuA collection of early haiku; poems that sensitively depict daily life and nature.
natureeveryday lifeseasons
Contemporaries
1976 HaikuA volume collecting mid-career haiku focusing on relationships and the passage of time.
timehuman relations
Feathers
1982 HaikuContains haiku blending lightness with a sense of poignancy.
lightnessmelancholynature
Kingfisher
1990 HaikuA collection centered on deep observations of nature.
watersidebirdsnature observation
Father's Fireworks
1997 HaikuFeatures poems on family and memory.
familymemorynostalgia
Moon on the Fifth Floor
2007 HaikuA later collection where urban perspectives intersect with nature.
urban lifemooncontrast
Complete Haiku of Kihachi Wachi
2013 HaikuA complete collection of his haiku (including posthumous supplements).
life retrospectivenatureseasons
Bibliography
- Collected Haiku of Kihachi Wachi (1970, Hakuto Shobo)
- Contemporaries (1976, Kyoen Haiku Association)
- Feathers (1982, Kyoen Haiku Association)
- Kingfisher (1990, Kurenai Shobo)
- Father's Fireworks (1997, Kyoen Haiku Association)
- Moon on the Fifth Floor (2007, Kyoen Haiku Association)
- Complete Haiku of Kihachi Wachi (2013, Kyoen Haiku Association)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- concise and restrained expressiontraditional haiku style grounded in classical formsincorporation of close observation of workplace and daily life
- Recurring Motifs
- natureseasonal awarenessfather/familythe moon
Health
-
heart failure2004Died of heart failure in 2004
Legacy
Regarded as a sincere haiku poet of the 20th century. Through the magazines 'Kanrai' and 'Kyoen' he nurtured fellow poets and contributed to workplace haiku movements; honored as an honorary member of the Modern Haiku Association.
Academic Societies
- Modern Haiku Association
Trivia
- He graduated from Chuo University Faculty of Law and continued composing haiku while working at Nippon Kokan (now part of JFE Group).
- He initially used the pen name 'Juhō'.
- From the 1960s he was active as a contributor and editor of magazines such as 'Kanrai' and 'Kyoen'.
- In 1998 he became an honorary member of the Modern Haiku Association.
- He died of heart failure in a hospital in Kusatsu, Shiga Prefecture in 2004 at age 91.