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Shiika Bungakukan Prize しいかぶんがくかんしょう

Edition 26 (2011)

PoetryTankaHaiku

Winners

3 people
Noriko Sunaga すなが のりこ poetry

A poetry collection delicately attuned to space and time. It looks quietly at everyday landscapes, leaving memory and bodily sensation in the margins of language.

空の庭、時の径 is an award-recognized work that follows its subject through 須永紀子's distinct perspective.

67 pages
poetrytimelandscape
Gyoji Kashiwazaki かしわざき ぎょうじ tanka

A tanka collection that uses the recurring image of snow to contemplate place, memory, and aging. Its restrained language captures the deepening of life and nature.

百たびの雪 is an award-recognized work that follows its subject through 柏崎驍二's distinct perspective.

215 pages
tankasnowmemory
Akira Oomine おおみね あきら haiku

A haiku collection centered on the sensations of sea and growth, contemplating natural and human time. Within the brevity of haiku, it lets landscape and spirituality resonate.

群生海 is an award-recognized work that follows its subject through 大峯あきら's distinct perspective.

198 pages
haikuseanature