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Toshio Yamamoto

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Yamamoto Toshio

プロフィール

性別
男性
生誕
1935-06-07 (Tokyo, Japan)
国籍
Japan
言語
Japanese

経歴

職業
Poet
活動期間
1955年〜
所属
Member of "Binbin" (poetry group), Publisher of "Koromo", Japan Modern Poets Association (Founding Vice-Chair: 2004-2006)
所属団体
Japan Modern Poets Association, Hanawakai (poetry workshop)

学歴

Meiji University
Faculty of Political Science and Economics
国: Japan

受賞歴

Gendai Shijin (Modern Poets) Prize
1999
対象作品: Raido
主催: Modern Poets Prize Committee
結果: 受賞
Yokohama Poets Association Prize
1986
対象作品: Sōka (Funeral Flowers)
主催: Yokohama Poets Association
結果: 受賞
Ibaraki Literature Prize
1988
対象作品: Furoshiki (Wrapping Cloth)
主催: Ibaraki Literature Prize Committee
結果: 受賞
Ibaraki Shimbun Prize
1999
対象作品: Raido
主催: Ibaraki Shimbun
結果: 受賞
Miyazawa Kenji / Ihatov Prize
2006
対象作品: A Collection of 181 Atomic Bomb Poems (co-edited)
主催: Koresakku-sha (co-editor)
結果: 受賞

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

Sōka (Funeral Flowers)

1986年 Poetry collection

A lyrical collection of poems meditating on life, death, and flowers.

flowersdeathmourning

Furoshiki (Wrapping Cloth)

1988年 Poetry collection

A collection of poems weaving everyday acts and memories.

daily lifememory

Raido

1999年 Poetry collection

A representative mid-career collection using powerful imagery and symbolism.

naturesymbolism

Dancing Snow

2001年 Poetry collection

A collection themed around snow and seasonal impressions.

snowseasons

Fulness of Water: Poems by Toshio Yamamoto

2006年 Poetry collection

A set of poems using water as a motif to portray fluidity and the inner life.

waterinner life

Okami: Poems by Toshio Yamamoto

2009年 Poetry collection

A book of poems examining human relationships and social roles.

human relationshipssocial roles

Apology and Testament

2012年 Poetry collection

Poems containing reflections and retrospection from later life.

retrospectionaging

Selections: Aibunsho and Notes — Before the Final Transition (From This Shore to the Other)

2019年 Selected poems

A late-career selection compiling representative works.

summationtransition

Heart Pouch

2021年 Poetry collection

A recent work enclosing emotions and memories of the inner self.

inner lifeemotion

全著作

  • Sōka (Funeral Flowers) (Keiso Shobo, 1986)
  • Furoshiki (Wrapping Cloth) (Subaru Shobo, 1988)
  • Raido (Shoshi Seijusha, 1999)
  • Dancing Snow (Shoshi Seijusha, 2001)
  • Fulness of Water: Poems by Toshio Yamamoto (Koresakku-sha, 2006)
  • Okami: Poems by Toshio Yamamoto (Koresakku-sha, 2009)
  • Apology and Testament (Hokosha, 2012)
  • Selections: Aibunsho and Notes — Before the Final Transition (Hokosha, 2019)
  • Heart Pouch (Tochigi Bunka-sha, 2021)

作風・主題

文体
Symbolic, lyrical styleDeliberate depiction of everyday acts and nature
頻出モチーフ
flowerswatersnowdeathmemory

評価・遺産

A poet who has written lyrical works on flowers and nature from the postwar period to the present. He has contributed to poetry education and dissemination—leading the Hanawakai workshop—and through editorial and local activities has earned recognition in the contemporary poetry community.

関連学会

  • Japan Modern Poets Association

豆知識

  • Born on June 7, 1935.
  • Opened and has run the volunteer poetry workshop "Hanawakai" from 2000 (21st year as of 2021).
  • Won the 17th Modern Poets Prize in 1999 for "Raido".
  • Has edited multiple poetry collections and anthologies and is active in regional poetry activities.