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Yamano'i Kimie

やまのい きみえ

Yamano'i Kimie

Aliases: 廣津喜美枝
Pen Names: Yamano'i Kimie（Pen name used in literary activity; birth name is Hirotsu Kimie.）

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1930-02-05 （Former Lushun (Port Arthur), Kwantung Leased Territory (now China)）
Died
2019-06-18 （Fukuoka City, Japan） age 89
Nationality
Japan
Languages
Japanese
Residence History
Former Lushun (birthplace) → Oita Prefecture (returned as repatriate) → Tokyo (resided for a period) → Fukuoka City (long-term residence)

Career

Occupations
Tanka poet, Lecturer, Literary critic (columnist)
Active Years
1956-2019
Affiliations
Modern Tanka Poets Association, Japan Writers' Association, Fukuoka Prefecture Tanka Poets Association
Memberships
Modern Tanka Poets Association, Japan Writers' Association

Education

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Period: 1936-1945
Year of Graduation: 1945
Country: Japan (Kwantung Leased Territory at time of birth)
Repatriated after World War II; graduated before returning to Japan

Awards

Fukuoka City Literary Prize (10th)
1979
Work: Tadara
Organization: Fukuoka City
Result: 受賞
Shika Bungakukan Prize (19th)
2004
Work: Harari-san
Organization: Shika Bungakukan
Result: 受賞
Fukuoka City Cultural Award (29th)
2004
Organization: Fukuoka City
Result: 受賞
Mirai Prize
1975
Organization: Mirai (tanka society)
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Yaburegasa

1974 Tanka (poetry collection)

First collection of tanka poems combining everyday scenes with classical language; an early representative work.

classical languagetravelfamily

Tadara

1978 Tanka (poetry collection)

Second collection showing maturity in lively travel poems and depictions of everyday life.

traveleveryday lifeclassical language

Harari-san

2003 Tanka (poetry collection)

Eighth collection noted for its graceful, lively style and use of classical language; awarded the Shika Bungakukan Prize.

classical languagefood and drinktravelaging and mortality

Bibliography

  • Yaburegasa (First collection), Tankakenkyusha, 1974
  • Tadara (Second collection), Tankakenkyusha, 1978
  • Goran (Third collection), Fushiki Shoin, 1986
  • Rokka (Fourth collection), Fushiki Shoin, 1991
  • Hiwatari (Fifth collection), Sunagoya Shobo, 1994
  • Kahiyagura (Sixth collection), Sunagoya Shobo, 1997
  • Hogami (Seventh collection), Sunagoya Shobo, 1999
  • Harari-san (Eighth collection), Sunagoya Shobo, 2003
  • Jifuichi (Ninth collection), Tankakenkyusha, 2006
  • Tsuki no Kyaku (Tenth collection), Kadokawa Shoten, 2011
  • Yaburegasa & Tadara (combined), Honda Kikaku, 1997
  • Collected Works of Yamano'i Kimie, Sunagoya Shobo (Gendai Tanka Library), 2007

Style & Themes

Literary Style
A lively, ornate style employing classical JapaneseExpansive, often playful poems about travel and daily life
Recurring Motifs
travelfood and drinkuse of classical languagea composed perspective on aging and mortality

Health

  • Peritonitis
    1937頃
    Contracted in childhood and reportedly contributed to a frail constitution
  • Nephritis
    1943頃
    Caused a temporary interruption of schooling
  • Gallstones (surgery)
    1962
    Underwent gallstone surgery in 1962
  • Respiratory failure (cause of death)
    2019年6月
    Died of respiratory failure on 18 June 2019

Legacy

Known for her graceful, lively tanka that made skillful use of classical language; she led regional tanka circles and received recognition such as the Shika Bungakukan Prize for Harari-san. After her death a prize in her name was established by the Chikushi Tanka Forum.

Academic Societies

  • Modern Tanka Poets Association
  • Japan Writers' Association

Archives

  • National Diet Library (authority records)
  • Authority databases such as VIAF and CiNii

Trivia

  • Born in former Lushun (Kwantung Leased Territory) and repatriated after the war to Oita Prefecture.
  • Birth name was Hirotsu Kimie; she published under the name Yamano'i Kimie.
  • Won the 10th Fukuoka City Literary Prize in 1979 for Tadara.
  • Her 2003 collection Harari-san received the Shika Bungakukan Prize in 2004.