Japan Tanka Poets Club Award にほんかじんくらぶしょう
Edition 31 (2004)
TankaTanka collection
Winners
2 peopleA tanka collection set against island landscapes and the passage of time. The traces left by wind and sea are tied to human memory, uncertainty, and an attentive gaze toward place.
風紋の島 is a work in which 三井修 draws out the time and emotion beneath its subject.
231 pages
islandsnaturetanka
A tanka collection that catches everyday shadows and passing time with the delicacy of rain falling through trees. Beneath its quiet observations lies a sense of loss and renewal.
樹雨 is a work in which 日高堯子 draws out the time and emotion beneath its subject.
265 pages
naturetimetanka