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Chuei Yagi

やぎ ちゅうえい

Yagi Chuei

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1941-06-28 （Taii, Mitsuke, Niigata Prefecture, Japan）
Nationality
Japan
Languages
Japanese
Residence History
Taii, Mitsuke, Niigata Prefecture, Japan → Tokyo, Japan

Career

Occupations
poet, magazine editor, theater general manager, cultural foundation executive
Active Years
1962-
Affiliations
Japan Modern Poets Association, Gendai Shicho (served as editor-in-chief)
Memberships
Japan Modern Poets Association

Education

Nihon University, College of Art
College of Art
Country: Japan
Niigata Prefectural Nagaoka High School
Country: Japan
Alumnus high school

Awards

Gendai-shi Hanatsubaki Prize
2004
Work: Edge of the Clouds
Organization: Gendai-shi Hanatsubaki Prize Committee
Result: winner
Poetry Museum Prize
2015
Work: Snow, On On
Organization: Poetry Museum
Result: winner
Contemporary Poet Award
2015
Work: Snow, On On
Organization: Contemporary Poet Award Committee
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Song of Muscles

1962 Poetry collection

Early collection featuring experimental poems centered on the body and urban imagery.

bodycityexperimental poetry

Edge of the Clouds

2004 Poetry collection

A mature collection mixing plainspoken observation, seasonal sensibility, and introspection.

seasonsagingnature

Snow, On On

2014 Haiku/Poetry collection

Recent work incorporating haiku sensibilities; uses concise language to depict snow and memory.

snowmemoryhaiku

Hello, Poets

2019 Poetry collection

An acrostic collection dedicated to 69 deceased poets, blending elegy and poetic association.

memorialpoet biographiesacrostic

Bibliography

  • Song of Muscles (Shichosha) 1962
  • Island of Awakening (Group Gyaa) 1964
  • To the Bustling Town (Privately published) 1972
  • Horses and Alcohol (Privately published) 1977
  • Place Where Wind Meets (Mingeikan) 1978
  • Chuei Yagi: Poems 1960–1982 (Shoshi Yamada) 1982
  • 12090-82-000104-0 (Shoshi Yamada) 1983
  • The Rain Spouted Abundant Water (Kashinsha) 1986
  • Poet Drifting Notes (Shoshi Yamada) 1986
  • Drunken Boat (Shichosha) 1991
  • Chuei Yagi Selected Poems (Gendai Shi Bunko) Shichosha 1996
  • Trunk of the Cold Wind: Meeting Haiku (Shoshi Yamada) 1997
  • Haiku Collection: Snow Doesn't End (Shoshi Yamada) 2001
  • My Rakugo Notes (Shinshokan) 2003
  • Edge of the Clouds (Shichosha) 2004
  • Let's Listen to Rakugo Live (Shinshokan) 2005
  • Rakugo New Era (Shinshokan) 2008
  • Haiku Collection: Theory of the Body (Sunagoya Shobo) 2008
  • Gendai Shicho Editor-in-Chief Diary 1965-1969 (Shichosha) 2011
  • Snow, On On (Shichosha) 2014
  • Hello, Poets (Shichosha) 2019

Style & Themes

Literary Style
concise, observational lyricismexperimental/avant-garde expression (early works)
Recurring Motifs
seasons and nature (especially snow)the body and everyday lifeinterest in rakugo and oral culture

Legacy

One of the important Japanese poets from the postwar era to the present. Contributed to revitalizing contemporary poetry through collections, engagement with rakugo and haiku, and editorial activity.

Academic Societies

  • Japan Modern Poets Association

Archives

  • Holdings at the National Diet Library (Japan)

In Popular Culture

  • Connections to the rakugo world through books and commentary on rakugo

Trivia

  • Served as editor-in-chief of the magazine Gendai Shicho from 1965 to 1969.
  • Has experience as general manager of Studio 200 and Ginza Saison Theater.
  • Authored works on rakugo and has been involved in promoting rakugo.