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Yamamoto Kenkichi Literary Award やまもとけんきちぶんがくしょう

Edition 2 (2002)

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Winners

7 people
Madoka Mayuzumi まゆずみ まどか haiku category

Madoka Mayuzumi’s haiku collection pairs poems with photographs to portray Kyoto’s seasons and mature love. Through seasonal words rooted in Kyoto, it joins travel atmosphere with quiet passion.

京都の恋 presents a concentrated view of 黛まどか’s award-recognized work.

119 pages
haikuKyotoloveseasonsphotography
Kiyohiro Tamai たまい きよひろ tanka category

Roppaku is Kiyohiro Tamai’s fifth tanka collection, grounded in introspective lyricism. Rooted in a Shikoku sense of place, it captures the shades of life through quiet language and sustained self-observation.

六白 presents a concentrated view of 玉井清弘’s award-recognized work.

tankaintrospectionShikokulyricismdaily life
Takaaki Morinaka もりなか たかあき poetry category

Takaaki Morinaka’s long poetry collection echoes the figure of Antigone while setting the law of the state against the law of mourning. It calls back voices pushed outside history through a stage of memory, forgetting, and unrest.

シスター・アンティゴネーの暦のない墓 presents a concentrated view of 守中高明’s award-recognized work.

165 pages
long poemAntigonememorymourningstate
Hirotoshi Ikawa いがわ ひろとし criticism category

Hirotoshi Ikawa’s poetry collection has been described as a Heisei-era book of devoted feeling. Through elegy for a friend, urban scenes, and a light touch reminiscent of popular song, it turns loss and attachment to beauty into plain, resonant language.

そして、船は行く presents a concentrated view of 井川博年’s award-recognized work.

84 pages
modern poetryelegylosstownscapefriendship
Terutoshi Hirai ひらい てるとし criticism category

蛇笏と楸邨 by 平井照敏 is a work that draws readers into its subject through carefully shaped scenes and language.

A compact work that leaves a clear afterimage through its voice and structure.

memoryrelationshipslanguage
原満三寿 はら みつみず criticism category

金子光晴の世界 by 原満三寿 is a work that draws readers into its subject through carefully shaped scenes and language.

A compact work that leaves a clear afterimage through its voice and structure.

memoryrelationshipslanguage
The Gospellers ごすぺらーず lyrics category

ひとり by ゴスペラーズ is a work that draws readers into its subject through carefully shaped scenes and language.

A compact work that leaves a clear afterimage through its voice and structure.

32 pages
memoryrelationshipslanguage