歌集 微笑の空 角川短歌叢書
Hohoemi no Sora is Kazuhiko Ito’s tanka collection set against the sky and daily life of Miyazaki. It layers aging, nursing, family, and community, quietly illuminating human hurt and hope beneath a wide sky.
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Work Information
The wide Miyazaki sky enfolds wounded hearts and everyday prayers in this tanka collection.
Part of the Kadokawa Tanka series, the book draws on counseling and encounters with older people, shaping a local sense of life and a warm gaze toward later life into tanka.
Review Summaries
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Readers note the urgency of life within its gentle voice, along with its rooted local gaze and affirming view of human life.
Book Information
- Publisher
- 角川書店
- Published
- 2007-11-29
- Pages
- 228 pages
- Language
- 日本語
- ISBN-13
- 9784046217349
- ISBN-10
- 4046217340
- Price
- 2828 JPY
- Category
- 本/文学・評論/詩歌/詩集
カウンセラーとして傷つく子の心と対峙し、ボランティアとして高齢者の切実な問いに導かれる。広く、大きい宮崎の空の下で願う日々の希望。
昭和18年宮崎市生まれ。早稲田大学哲学科卒。「早稲田短歌会」を経て68年「心の花」入会。「現代短歌・南の会」代表。96年読売文学賞、2007年寺山修司賞受賞。
Related Literary Awards
- Chōkū Prize Edition 42 (2008) ・award