Japan Tanka Poets Club Criticism Award にほんかじんくらぶひょうろんしょう
Edition 3 (2005)
Criticism booksResearch books
Winners
2 peopleAizu Yaichi: Life and Art is Kiyoshi Harada's study of Aizu Yaichi. It examines the poet, calligrapher, and art historian through both his life and artistic activity.
The book reads Aizu Yaichi's life and art at the intersection of tanka, calligraphy, and art history.
275 pages
Aizu Yaichitanka criticismcalligraphyart historycritical biography
Teikei no Chikara to Nihongo Hyogen is a collection of criticism by Hiroshi Matsuzaka. It discusses how fixed tanka form shapes Japanese expression, from both composition and appreciation.
A collection of essays asking how tanka form supports the depth and core of Japanese expression.
223 pages
tanka criticismfixed formJapanese expressionpoetics