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Yoshino Yamada

やまだ よしの

Yamada Yoshino

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1965-01-29 (Osaka Prefecture, Japan)
Nationality
Japan
Languages
Japanese
Residence History
Osaka Prefecture, Japan → Miyakojima (worked as instructor and selector)

Career

Occupations
haiku poet
Active Years
1985-
Affiliations
Japan Traditional Haiku Association (Vice Chair), Osaka Haijin Club (Vice Chair), Japan Writers' Association (Member)
Memberships
Japan Writers' Association, Japan Traditional Haiku Association, Osaka Haijin Club
Influenced By
Teiko Inabatake, Kotarō Inabata, Hiroko Yamada

Education

Tokyo Metropolitan Igusa High School
Period: 1980-1983
Year of Graduation: 1983
Country: Japan
Doshisha University
Faculty of Letters
Period: 1983-1987
Year of Graduation: 1987
Country: Japan

Awards

Japan Traditional Haiku Association Prize (21st)
2010
Organization: Japan Traditional Haiku Association
Result: winner
Kato Ikko Memorial Prize (4th)
2022
Work: Afterimage
Organization: Kato Ikko Memorial Prize Committee
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Afterimage

2022 Haiku

A haiku collection focusing on memory, the sea and parent-child scenes, blending traditional haiku aesthetics with personal recollections.

memoryseaparent-childtraditional haiku

Spring Rainbow

Haiku

An early collection featuring delicate haiku that描s seasonal sensibilities and natural landscapes.

seasonsnature

Sound of Waves

Haiku

A collection centered on the sea and the sound of waves, characterized by poems that evoke natural acoustics.

seasound

One Hundred Haiku of Kyogoku Kiyo

2022 Haiku selections / critique

A selection of one hundred haiku related to Kyogoku Kiyo, including critical commentary.

haiku selectioncritique

Bibliography

  • Spring Rainbow
  • Sound of Waves
  • Afterimage
  • One Hundred Haiku of Kyogoku Kiyo
  • One Hundred Haiku of Hiroko Yamada
  • Co-authored '101 Haiku Poets of Hototogisu'

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Concise, refined style rooted in traditional haikuClassical aesthetics emphasizing seasonal words and ellipsis
Recurring Motifs
seabirds (hawks)memory / afterimagesparent-child scenes

Legacy

A contemporary female haiku poet rooted in traditional forms, noted for works on memory and the sea. She inherited the work of her mother Hiroko Yamada and has contributed to regional haiku education and promotion.

Academic Societies

  • Japan Traditional Haiku Association
  • Japan Writers' Association

Trivia

  • She is the daughter of haiku poet Hiroko Yamada; parent-and-child haiku monuments for them exist in Kamamamine Park, Miyakojima.
  • Her 2022 haiku collection 'Afterimage' won the Kato Ikko Memorial Prize.