Kadokawa Haiku Prize かどかわはいくしょう
Edition 23 (1977)
HaikuNewcomer AwardOpen submission
Winners
2 peopleThis haiku collection by Hitori Oguma, with a title suggesting a forest adrift by the sea, overlays movements of nature and human perception. It sings quiet time through the presence of sea, wind, and plants.
Where the presences of sea and forest meet, a quiet haiku time emerges.
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This haiku sequence by Teruyo Kodama takes the mountain villages around Mount Dando in Aichi as its subject, quietly singing rural life and seasonal presence. Rather than dramatic events, it foregrounds the depth of time rooted in place.
With a restrained haiku style, it observes the seasons and lives flowing through the villages of Mount Dando.
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