Dakotsu Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 11 (1977) award
Yamaguchi Sōdō
やまぐち そうどう
Yamaguchi Sōdō
Pen Names:
Yamaguchi Sōdō（Haiku pen name (used as his poet name)）
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1898-07-27 （Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture, Japan）
- Died
- 1985-03-03 age 86
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
Career
- Occupations
- haiku poet
- Active Years
- 1931-1985
- Memberships
- Member of 'Asebi' (Asibi) magazine circle, Founder and editor of 'Nanpu' haiku journal
- Influenced By
- Mizuhara Shūōshi
- Influenced
- Washiya Nanako
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waseda University | Faculty of Letters | German literature | — | 在籍期間不明（中退） | Japan |
Waseda University
Faculty of Letters
/ German literature
Period:
在籍期間不明（中退）
Country:
Japan
Left the German literature department due to illness
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1934 | Asebi (Asibi) Prize | — | — | Magazine 'Asebi (Asibi)' | winner |
| 1977 | Shakko Prize | Shiki Shōshō (Shiki Shōshō) | — | Shakko Prize Committee | winner |
| 1979 | Osaka Civic Cultural Merit Award | — | — | Osaka City | recipient |
Asebi (Asibi) Prize
1934
Organization:
Magazine 'Asebi (Asibi)'
Result:
winner
Shakko Prize
1977
Work:
Shiki Shōshō (Shiki Shōshō)
Organization:
Shakko Prize Committee
Result:
winner
Osaka Civic Cultural Merit Award
1979
Organization:
Osaka City
Result:
recipient
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Kikyorai: Haiku Collection
1940 haiku collectionEarly haiku collection including prewar poems.
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Gyoro-sho: Yamaguchi Sōdō's Third Haiku Collection
1968 haiku collectionAn important collection that includes a foreword framing haiku as a 'proof of living.'
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Shiki Shōshō: Haiku Collection
1977 haiku collectionOne of his representative late works; recipient of the 11th Shakko Prize.
seasonstimehuman life
Hakubō: Yamaguchi Sōdō's Fifth Haiku Collection
1985 haiku collectionPublished in his late years; includes poems published around his death.
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Bibliography
- Kikyorai: Haiku Collection (Kōransha, 1940)
- Gyoro-sho: Third Haiku Collection (Nanpu Haiku Association, 1968)
- Shiki Shōshō: Haiku Collection (Bokuyōsha, 1977)
- Hakubō: Fifth Haiku Collection (Nagata Shobō, 1985)
- Kasugao-ka Zakki (Bokuyōsha, 1986) (posthumous)
- Complete Haiku Collection of Yamaguchi Sōdō (Kagami-sha, 2001)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Concise style emphasizing seasonal feelingAdvocated haiku as a 'proof of living'
- Recurring Motifs
- seasons (the four seasons)nature imagerylife and death
Health
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illness (occurred during student years)学生時代（在学中に中退）Left Waseda University's German literature department due to illness
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heart failure1985-03-03Died of heart failure
Legacy
One of the representative haiku poets from Osaka. He proposed the idea of haiku as a "proof of living" and significantly influenced the regional haiku community. Through his collections and the journal 'Nanpu' he contributed to nurturing later generations.
Quotes
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Haiku became, for me, a 'proof of living.'
Source: Foreword to Gyoro-sho (1968) (1968)
Trivia
- Real name was Taichirō.
- In 1931 he joined 'Asebi' (Asebi magazine) and established the Osaka Asebi group the same year.
- Received the Asebi Prize in 1934 and the 11th Shakko Prize in 1977.
- Founded and edited the haiku journal 'Nanpu'; in 1984 he handed editorship to Washiya Nanako and became honorary editor.
- Died of heart failure on March 3, 1985.