Dakotsu Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 8 (1974) award
Yuriyama Uko
ゆりやま うこう
Yuriyama Ukō
Pen Names:
Yuriyama Uko（Haigo (pen name used as a haiku poet)）
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1904-09-21 （Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan）
- Died
- 1991-10-22 age 87
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
- Residence History
- Hamamatsu (birthplace; later returned) → Hosoe, Inasa District, Shizuoka (evacuation during WWII)
Career
- Occupations
- haiku poet
- Active Years
- 1923-1991
- Influenced By
- Takahama Kyoshi, Ikeuchi Takeshi, Mizuhara Shuoshi
- Influenced
- Aioigaki Kaito
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shizuoka Prefectural Hamamatsu Commercial School | — | — | — | — | Japan |
Shizuoka Prefectural Hamamatsu Commercial School
Country:
Japan
Met Takahama Kyoshi while a student and began tutelage in haiku
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | Jakutoku Prize | Kangan | — | Jakutoku Prize Committee | Winner |
Jakutoku Prize
1974
Work:
Kangan
Organization:
Jakutoku Prize Committee
Result:
Winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Kangan
1974 Haiku collectionA collection of haiku blending seasonal feeling and nostalgia; includes poems that earned the Jakutoku Prize.
seasonalitynostalgianature
Koen
Haiku collectionA collection centering on hometown scenes and everyday imagery.
hometownrecollectionnature
Rakudo
Haiku collectionA collection that gathers haiku containing images of idylls and idealized landscapes.
utopianatureimagination
Bibliography
- Kangan
- Koen
- Rakudo
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Concise expression grounded in traditional haikuLyrical style that emphasizes kigo (seasonal words)
- Recurring Motifs
- seasonal transitionsnostalgianature around Hamamatsu
Legacy
A respected 20th-century Japanese haiku poet. Involved in founding and running the magazines "Ayame" and "Unasaka", noted for regionally colored verse; awarded the Jakutoku Prize for the collection Kangan.
Academic Societies
- Modern Haiku Association
Archives
- Holdings in the National Diet Library and others
Trivia
- Real name was Matataro (又三郎).
- Lost his home in Hamamatsu to wartime bombing in 1945 and evacuated to his father's family home.
- In 1950 he retitled the haiku magazine "Ayame" as "Unasaka" and co-edited it with Aioigaki Kaito.