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Yosa Buson Prize

よさぶそんしょう

Sponsored by Hokumeisha, this is a literary award for haiku and poetry given annually to outstanding haiku and poetry collections.

haikupoetry
Established
2012
Organizer
Hokumeisha
Category
Haiku and Haikai
Target
Professional
Frequency
1 per year
Status
Active

Description

Named after the Edo-period painter and haiku poet Yosa Buson, this is a haiku and poetry award sponsored by Hokumeisha, awarded annually to outstanding haiku and poetry collections.

Related Awards

  • haiku prizes
  • Japanese poetry prizes
  • literary prizes named after people

Past Winners

Hiroshi Oomaki おおまき ひろし award

正眼 is a work by 大牧広 associated with the 与謝蕪村賞. Based on the award record, it is presented as a work that invites readers to follow the intersections of character, period, society, and memory.

正眼 by 大牧広 is a work whose shape becomes clearer when its award history is read together with bibliographic traces.

award-recognized workpersonal choicessociety and memory
Michio Nakahara なかはら みちお award

石の言葉 is a work by 中原道夫 associated with the 与謝蕪村賞. Based on the award record, it is presented as a work that invites readers to follow the intersections of character, period, society, and memory.

石の言葉 by 中原道夫 is a work whose shape becomes clearer when its award history is read together with bibliographic traces.

award-recognized workpersonal choicessociety and memory
Aoyagi Shigeki あおやぎ しげき award

里山 is an award-recognized 句集 by 青柳志解樹. Public bibliographic records and award information frame it as a work concerned with personal choice, memory, and the pressure of its social or historical setting.

里山 looks at the relationship between individual lives and their times through the shape of an award-winning work.

165 pages
award-winning workmemoryrelationshipssocietyconflict
Naruto Nana なると なな award

永遠が咲いて is a 歌集・句集 by 鳴戸 奈菜 recognized in the relevant 2013 literary award cycle. The entry summarizes the work as a prize-listed title based on the available bibliographic record.

Bibliographic and descriptive notes for 永遠が咲いて, recorded as a 2013 award-winning work.

147 pages
award-winning work歌集・句集2013
Hiroko Yamada やまだ ひろこ award

月の雛 is an award-winning work by 山田弘子. A book record was confirmed through NDL, so the paper-book ISBN was used to cross-fill ASIN, ISBN-10, and ISBN-13 where applicable.

月の雛, recorded as an award-winning work by 山田弘子.

230 pages
award-winning workliteratureauthorial concern
Akio Fujimoto ふじもと やすきお award

高見山 is an award-winning work by 藤本安騎生. A book record was confirmed through NDL, so the paper-book ISBN was used to cross-fill ASIN, ISBN-10, and ISBN-13 where applicable.

高見山, recorded as an award-winning work by 藤本安騎生.

225 pages
award-winning workliteratureauthorial concern