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Haiku Poets Association Newcomer Award はいじんきょうかいしんじんしょう

Edition 15 (1991)

Haiku

Winners

3 people
秋田禎信 award

Kogai is Koshi Chiba's first haiku collection. It observes family life and the modest scenery around the home with quiet intimacy and disciplined sketching.

A first collection that catches the seasonal presence close to everyday life in clear, measured haiku.

207 pages
familysuburban lifeseasonsobservational haiku
大林憲司 award

Nakimushiyama is a haiku collection by Masayoshi Tomita. Its sections, including folk tales, portraits, and unguarded faces, trace family feeling and memory through everyday scenes.

A collection that enters the details of daily life and builds a lyric movement toward family and memory.

136 pages
familymemorydaily lifelyricism
葛西伸哉 award

Yuki Fure Fure is Kiyoko Murakami's first haiku collection. Grounded in affection for nature and people, it renders close seasonal and domestic moments with freshness.

A first collection that binds affection for nature and people with a brightness like snowlight.

naturedaily lifeattention to peoplehaiku