Hagiwara Sakutaro Award
はぎわらさくたろうしょう
Literary award for modern poetry established in honor of poet Hagiwara Sakutaro, a native of Maebashi City.
- Established
- 1993
- Organizer
- Maebashi City, Hagiwara Sakutaro Award Society
- Category
- Poetry and Contemporary Poetry
- Selection Method
- Open call
- Target
- Professional
- Frequency
- 1 per year
- Announcement Period
- around September
- Status
- Active
Description
Established by Maebashi City in 1993 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of its municipal incorporation, in honor of poet Hagiwara Sakutaro. Organized by Maebashi City and the Hagiwara Sakutaro Award Society, operated with cooperation from Shinchosha and sponsorship from Towabank. The winning work and judges' critiques are announced in 'Shincho' magazine, and the award ceremony is held at the Maebashi Literature Museum.
Prize
- Main Prize
- Bronze statue of Hagiwara Sakutaro and 1 million yen prize money
- Cash Prize
- 1,000,000 JPY
Selection
Selection Process
| Stage | Judges | Pass Rate | Announcement |
|---|---|---|---|
| Final selection | Selection committee | — | Announced in 'Shincho' magazine |
Official Resources
https://www.city.maebashi.gunma.jp/bunka_sports_kanko/6/2/3/11325.htmlPast Winners
A poetry collection that captures the emotional turbulence where love and misunderstanding overlap, using sharp leaps of language. It avoids sweetness and instead quietly illuminates solitude and bodily warmth.
If you can feel loved, the heart seems to wear light. Tahi Saihate’s twelfth poetry collection.
A third poetry collection arranged in three parts, moving between travel, memory, landscape, and fantasy. Seals, Ukraine, and traces of Africa intersect as vision and feeling are slowly rewoven.
The grief of the seals drifts through the icy sea.
A poetry collection that gathers fragments of dreams and daily life and raises language from an ambiguous estuary-like space. It looks quietly at the texture of loss and the light that still remains.
It follows the moonlight that once fell into the water, writing onward as if to gather it back.
A poetry collection that brings land memory and bodily sensation to the surface through language shaped by Tohoku dialect. The boundary between humans and animals wavers, leaving a deep acoustic resonance.
A sound deeper than voice: aren’t living things carrying it within them?
A poetry collection built around the image of a cat, layering poems with a transparent and uncanny texture. Ordinary scenes gradually slip out of place, opening into a daydream-like atmosphere.
After three days, the cat that had absorbed water became plump and transparent.
A poetry collection that looks at family illness and loss while crystallizing changes in the body and in time. Medical memory and private pain overlap within a quiet, steady voice.
It gathers the texture of conversation and the time that drifts through the hospital room.
A poetry collection that looks steadily at loss and renewal through images of flowers and forests.
The closer it moves toward the witch's forest, the more quietly charged the language becomes.
"風の領分" is a 受賞 work from the Hagiwara Sakutaro Award 2021-1. It stands out for its distinctive premise and atmosphere.
A 受賞 work from Hagiwara Sakutaro Award 2021-1.
A poetry collection by Martha Nakamura that draws readers in through rough, tactile images of family and body.
An animistic sensibility quietly shakes the outline of reality.
QQQ is a poetry collection centered on the title sequence that drew attention during its serialization, layering deserted landscapes, the shape of questioning itself, and unsettling sensations that rise through the body. Ryoichi Wago turns his post-disaster language toward the future through a renewed surrealist mode.
Questions become landscape, and the landscape turns back into a figure of ourselves.
A poetry collection by Michiyo Nakamoto. It carries childhood memories in Hiroshima, memories of parents, the wounds of war, and dreams across generations, looking at the love and pain of living beings within layered time.
Into the folds of past time, the light of an unfading life enters.
Kei Okamoto's poetry collection weaves everyday detail, sensations suggestive of travel and pilgrimage, and landscapes where roar and silence coexist, with the density of notebook fragments.
A poetry collection that carries both roar and stillness like a notebook someone left behind.
砂文 is an award-recognized work by 日和聡子. This record separates the work's award identity from any bibliographic identifiers that could not be confirmed for a standalone book edition.
砂文 by 日和聡子 is a work to revisit through the context of its award recognition.
A poetry collection by Ayane Kawada. Through voices arriving from afar, geese, walking, and light, it quietly crystallizes solitude and a gaze toward the world.
From a distant place, a faint voice rises into light.
隣人のいない部屋 is an award-winning work by 三角みづ紀. It brings together the author's concerns and stylistic qualities in a form recognized by the prize jury.
隣人のいない部屋, an award-winning work by 三角みづ紀.
A poetry collection that tests the boundary between dead language and living perception.
A concise guide into the work's central mood and achievement.
明日 is an award-winning work by 佐々木幹郎. Public bibliographic sources were checked first for book identifiers, then for descriptive information about the work.
A bibliographic profile of 明日, based on award records and public book data.
ヌードな日 is an award-winning work by 野村喜和夫. Public bibliographic sources were checked first for book identifiers, then for descriptive information about the work.
A bibliographic profile of ヌードな日, based on award records and public book data.
飛ぶ男 is an award-winning work by 木村迪夫. Public bibliographic sources were checked first for book identifiers, then for descriptive information about the work.
A bibliographic profile of 飛ぶ男, based on award records and public book data.
死について is an award-winning work by 辻井喬. Public bibliographic sources were checked first for book identifiers, then for descriptive information about the work.
A bibliographic profile of 死について, based on award records and public book data.
にせもの 鹿は人がいないところには行かない is an award-winning work by 大江麻衣. Public bibliographic sources were checked first for book identifiers, then for descriptive information about the work.
A bibliographic profile of にせもの 鹿は人がいないところには行かない, based on award records and public book data.
青い家 is a work by 福間健二. It is introduced here as a literary-award work, with bibliographic details checked against book databases, publisher pages, and retail records where available.
A concise guide to 青い家, the award-recognized work by 福間健二.
明石、時、 is a work by 陶原葵. It is introduced here as a literary-award work, with bibliographic details checked against book databases, publisher pages, and retail records where available.
A concise guide to 明石、時、, the award-recognized work by 陶原葵.
みをはやみ is a work by 山崎佳代子. It is introduced here as a literary-award work, with bibliographic details checked against book databases, publisher pages, and retail records where available.
A concise guide to みをはやみ, the award-recognized work by 山崎佳代子.
Agend'Ars is a work by 管啓次郎. It is introduced here as a literary-award work, with bibliographic details checked against book databases, publisher pages, and retail records where available.
A concise guide to Agend'Ars, the award-recognized work by 管啓次郎.
ノミトビヒヨシマルの独言 is a work by 季村敏夫. It is introduced here as a literary-award work, with bibliographic details checked against book databases, publisher pages, and retail records where available.
A concise guide to ノミトビヒヨシマルの独言, the award-recognized work by 季村敏夫.
詩ノ黙礼 is a work by 和合亮一. It is introduced here as a literary-award work, with bibliographic details checked against book databases, publisher pages, and retail records where available.
A concise guide to 詩ノ黙礼, the award-recognized work by 和合亮一.
コルカタ is a work by 小池昌代. Poetic language gathers tremors of memory, place, and bodily sensation.
コルカタ draws readers into its world through concentrated language and the force of its subject.
失くした季節 is a work by 金時鐘. Poetic language gathers tremors of memory, place, and bodily sensation.
失くした季節 draws readers into its world through concentrated language and the force of its subject.
生首 is a work by 辺見庸. Poetic language gathers tremors of memory, place, and bodily sensation.
生首 draws readers into its world through concentrated language and the force of its subject.
幻影の足 is a work by 有働薫. Poetic language gathers tremors of memory, place, and bodily sensation.
幻影の足 draws readers into its world through concentrated language and the force of its subject.
露光 is a work by 高貝弘也. Poetic language gathers tremors of memory, place, and bodily sensation.
露光 draws readers into its world through concentrated language and the force of its subject.
明示と暗示 is a work by 貞久秀紀. Poetic language gathers tremors of memory, place, and bodily sensation.
明示と暗示 draws readers into its world through concentrated language and the force of its subject.
A poetry collection that depicts the surfaces and depths of the city through images of waterlines and ruins. Language tempered over many years reveals a map different from the visible city.
吃水都市 is read as a 詩集 connected with 松浦寿輝's award recognition.
A poetry collection that moves freely across travel, angels, baseball, and meditations on painters. Its humor and narrative impulse widen the reach of contemporary poetry.
聖フランチェスコの鳥 is read as a 詩集 connected with 田口犬男's award recognition.
A poetry collection born from exchanges with the land and people of Kishu and Kumano. Pain and vitality overlap as place names become linked with inner tremors.
新鹿 is read as a 詩集 connected with 河津聖恵's award recognition.
A poetry collection that quietly attends to vanishing points hidden in the scenery before one’s eyes, moving with the seasons. Ordinary sights are shown to hold memories of what has disappeared.
世界はうつくしいと is read as a 詩集 connected with 長田弘's award recognition.
A poetry collection layered with metaphors of light and resonance, following voices and sensations that never fully coincide. Its dense diction creates both resonance and dislocation.
不完全協和音 コンソナーンツァ・インペルフェット is read as a 詩集 connected with 松尾真由美's award recognition.
A poetry collection that marks the tension between the individual and community through images of voice, law, and kinship. Its hard-edged language reveals ethical pressure behind silence and command.
系族 is read as a 詩集 connected with 守中高明's award recognition.
声の生地 is a work by 鈴木志郎康. It approaches its subject through contemporary poetry, voice, and its award recognition reflects the force and focus of its language.
声の生地 condenses its central concerns into a compact, memorable literary form.
隠す葉 is a work by 蜂飼耳. It approaches its subject through contemporary poetry, bodily perception, and its award recognition reflects the force and focus of its language.
隠す葉 condenses its central concerns into a compact, memorable literary form.
嬉遊曲 is a work by 正津勉. It approaches its subject through contemporary poetry, mountains, and its award recognition reflects the force and focus of its language.
嬉遊曲 condenses its central concerns into a compact, memorable literary form.
左右の安全 is a work by アーサー・ビナード. It approaches its subject through contemporary poetry, cross-cultural perspective, and its award recognition reflects the force and focus of its language.
左右の安全 condenses its central concerns into a compact, memorable literary form.
自伝詩のためのエスキース is a work by 辻井喬. It approaches its subject through contemporary poetry, autobiography, and its award recognition reflects the force and focus of its language.
自伝詩のためのエスキース condenses its central concerns into a compact, memorable literary form.
アトス、しずかな旅人 is a work by 山崎佳代子. It approaches its subject through contemporary poetry, journey, and its award recognition reflects the force and focus of its language.
アトス、しずかな旅人 condenses its central concerns into a compact, memorable literary form.
A poetic long work that layers Sugamo Jizo faith with aging, the body, and family memory. Moving across prose and poetry, everyday voices and prayer unfold like a pilgrimage.
A poetic long work that layers Sugamo Jizo faith with aging, the body, and family memory.
穴 is an award-winning work by 粒来哲蔵. It presents its subject through a concise literary frame, focusing on voice, atmosphere, and the emotional movement of the characters or speaker.
穴 shows the qualities for which 粒来哲蔵 was recognized in this award year.
人生の乞食 is an award-winning work by 四方田犬彦. It presents its subject through a concise literary frame, focusing on voice, atmosphere, and the emotional movement of the characters or speaker.
人生の乞食 shows the qualities for which 四方田犬彦 was recognized in this award year.
それは 消える字 is an award-winning work by 川田絢音. It presents its subject through a concise literary frame, focusing on voice, atmosphere, and the emotional movement of the characters or speaker.
それは 消える字 shows the qualities for which 川田絢音 was recognized in this award year.
溶ける、目覚まし時計 is an award-winning work by 北川透. It presents its subject through a concise literary frame, focusing on voice, atmosphere, and the emotional movement of the characters or speaker.
溶ける、目覚まし時計 shows the qualities for which 北川透 was recognized in this award year.
人間の運命 黄変綺草集 is an award-winning work by 天沢退二郎. It presents its subject through a concise literary frame, focusing on voice, atmosphere, and the emotional movement of the characters or speaker.
人間の運命 黄変綺草集 shows the qualities for which 天沢退二郎 was recognized in this award year.
アストロノート by 松本圭二 is an award-recognized work built around long-form poetry, urban sensibility, a divided self. It presents its conflict through a focused premise and leaves the reader with a clear sense of the genre and emotional stakes.
アストロノート draws the reader into a story shaped by long-form poetry.
回転子 by 高屋一成 is an award-recognized work built around images of rotation, contemporary poetry, further source checking. It presents its conflict through a focused premise and leaves the reader with a clear sense of the genre and emotional stakes.
回転子 draws the reader into a story shaped by images of rotation.
幸福 KOFUKU by 井川博年 is an award-recognized work built around poetry and language, the paradox of happiness, memory. It presents its conflict through a focused premise and leaves the reader with a clear sense of the genre and emotional stakes.
幸福 KOFUKU draws the reader into a story shaped by poetry and language.
やわらかい檻 by 川口晴美 is an award-recognized work built around soft confinement, memory, contemporary poetry. It presents its conflict through a focused premise and leaves the reader with a clear sense of the genre and emotional stakes.
やわらかい檻 draws the reader into a story shaped by soft confinement.
鷲がいて by 辻井喬 is an award-recognized work built around poetry collection, postwar sensibility, resistance. It presents its conflict through a focused premise and leaves the reader with a clear sense of the genre and emotional stakes.
鷲がいて draws the reader into a story shaped by poetry collection.
A poetry collection by Kiyomi Konagaya that unsettles everyday cracks and bodily sensations through nonsense gestures and sharp social awareness. Its verbal leaps create both intimacy and unease.
Words move like mud, shifting the outline of the world.
心理 is a work recognized by the hagiwara-sakutaro-award in 2005. The available information identifies it as a selected work for that award.
心理, a work recognized by the hagiwara-sakutaro-award.
淡きものたちよ is a work recognized by the hagiwara-sakutaro-award in 2005. The available information identifies it as a selected work for that award.
淡きものたちよ, a work recognized by the hagiwara-sakutaro-award.
冬 ふみわけて is a work recognized by the hagiwara-sakutaro-award in 2005. The available information identifies it as a selected work for that award.
冬 ふみわけて, a work recognized by the hagiwara-sakutaro-award.
語らざる者をして語らしめよ is a work recognized by the hagiwara-sakutaro-award in 2005. The available information identifies it as a selected work for that award.
語らざる者をして語らしめよ, a work recognized by the hagiwara-sakutaro-award.
侵入し、通過してゆく my favorite things is a work recognized by the hagiwara-sakutaro-award in 2005. The available information identifies it as a selected work for that award.
侵入し、通過してゆく my favorite things, a work recognized by the hagiwara-sakutaro-award.
世界の優しい無関心 is a work recognized by the hagiwara-sakutaro-award in 2005. The available information identifies it as a selected work for that award.
世界の優しい無関心, a work recognized by the hagiwara-sakutaro-award.
This work is introduced in Japanese sources; the English note summarizes its subject and appeal without relying on a published translation.
A concise introduction to the work based on Japanese bibliographic and publisher information.
This work is introduced in Japanese sources; the English note summarizes its subject and appeal without relying on a published translation.
A concise introduction to the work based on Japanese bibliographic and publisher information.
This work is introduced in Japanese sources; the English note summarizes its subject and appeal without relying on a published translation.
A concise introduction to the work based on Japanese bibliographic and publisher information.
This work is introduced in Japanese sources; the English note summarizes its subject and appeal without relying on a published translation.
A concise introduction to the work based on Japanese bibliographic and publisher information.
This work is introduced in Japanese sources; the English note summarizes its subject and appeal without relying on a published translation.
A concise introduction to the work based on Japanese bibliographic and publisher information.
This work is introduced in Japanese sources; the English note summarizes its subject and appeal without relying on a published translation.
A concise introduction to the work based on Japanese bibliographic and publisher information.
噤みの午後 is a 2003 recognized work by 四元康祐. It stands within the context of 現代詩 and foregrounds the author's voice and structure.
噤みの午後, a recognized work by 四元康祐, is shaped by 現代詩.
旅みやげ にしひがし is a 2003 recognized work by 大岡信. It stands within the context of 現代詩 and foregrounds the author's voice and structure.
旅みやげ にしひがし, a recognized work by 大岡信, is shaped by 現代詩.
浮遊する母、都市 is a 2003 recognized work by 白石かずこ. It stands within the context of 現代詩 and foregrounds the author's voice and structure.
浮遊する母、都市, a recognized work by 白石かずこ, is shaped by 現代詩.
夜中の鳩 is a 2003 recognized work by 友部正人. It stands within the context of 現代詩 and foregrounds the author's voice and structure.
夜中の鳩, a recognized work by 友部正人, is shaped by 現代詩.
(ひかり)、……擦過。 is a 2003 recognized work by 岩成達也. It stands within the context of 現代詩 and foregrounds the author's voice and structure.
(ひかり)、……擦過。, a recognized work by 岩成達也, is shaped by 現代詩.
遐い宴楽 とほいうたげ is a work by 入沢康夫. Recognized as an award-winning work in 2002, it opens its world through the people, places, and events suggested by its title and through the texture of its language.
遐い宴楽 とほいうたげ can be read through the themes and verbal force that drew attention at the time of the award.
A poetry collection by Machida Ko, unfolding a torrent of language that twists everyday speech into rhythm, humor, and pain through poems such as Saru Bonbon and Ore mo Kozo.
Beautiful and dangerous language pours from the earthen floor like a waterfall.
梢にて is a work by 江代充. It was recognized by 萩原朔太郎賞.
梢にて, recognized by 萩原朔太郎賞.
"めぐりの歌" is a poetry work by 安藤 元雄. Its publication as a book is confirmed, and it is treated as the award-winning work.
"めぐりの歌" is recognized as a poetry work.
A poetry collection portraying figures poised between presence and absence, using language where fantasy and daily life meet.
A poetry collection portraying figures poised between presence and absence, using language where fantasy and daily life meet.
行き方知れず抄 is a 作品 by 渋沢孝輔 and was recognized by the 萩原朔太郎賞.
The title 行き方知れず抄 points to the scene or question at the center of the work.
俳諧辻詩集 is a work by 辻征夫. It is known as a recipient of hagiwara-sakutaro-award and presents the author's concerns and style.
俳諧辻詩集 presents the literary world of 辻征夫.
発光 is a 文学作品 by 吉原幸子. It is known as a 1995 award-recognized work and can be introduced through its title, genre, and authorial context.
A work that conveys 吉原幸子's style through the world suggested by the title 発光.
夕陽に赤い帆 is a work by 清水哲男. It was recognized in the 1994 cycle of hagiwara-sakutaro-award; the entry summarizes the work based on confirmed publication traces.
夕陽に赤い帆 reflects the qualities in 清水哲男's writing that drew award attention.
世間知ラズ is an award-winning work by 谷川俊太郎. It represents the author’s concerns and style within the context of the prize category.
世間知ラズ presents the literary world of 谷川俊太郎.