Kubota Utsubo Award くぼたうつほしょう
Edition 12 (1979)
Japanese literature research
Winners
1 people豊島与志雄 is a work connected with tanka poetry and criticism by 関口安義, placing personal feeling and the texture of time within a taut poetic language. Its award record points to attention given to the way it links daily life, memory, and reflection through poetic form.
Lyric feeling and critical awareness meet, revealing layers of time behind brief language.
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