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俳句の水脈を求めて 平成に逝った俳人たち (未来図叢書 第 210篇)

Haijin Kyokai Hyoron Prize

俳句の水脈を求めて 平成に逝った俳人たち (未来図叢書 第 210篇)

角谷昌子

Haiku no Suimyaku o Motomete is a critical collection that follows the lives and works of haiku poets who died during the Heisei era, considering how haiku became a source of light within difficult lives. It reads poets such as Ryuta Iida, Haruko Iijima, and Tota Kaneko through the relation between work and life.

haiku criticismHeisei-era haikupoet profilesliterary interpretationlife and work

Work Information

A critical collection that seeks the source of haiku's force through the works and lives of poets who died in the Heisei era.

A critical work by Masako Kakutani, published by Kadokawa Culture Promotion Foundation as volume 210 of the Miraizu series. The National Diet Library records it as a printed book of 373 pages, while publisher distribution data lists 376 pages with ISBN 9784048842044 and ISBN-10 4048842048.

Review Summaries

  • The collection is valued for connecting poems with lived circumstances and for tracing hardship and solace among poets who shaped modern haiku. Its central stance treats haiku not merely as form but as language that sustains life.

Book Information

Publisher
KADOKAWA
Published
2018-11-01
Pages
376 pages
Language
日本語
Size
12.8 x 2.1 x 18.8 cm
ISBN-13
9784048842044
ISBN-10
4048842048
Price
3080 JPY
Category
本/文学・評論

26名の俳人の作品・境涯から見えてくるものとは――。 第34回俳人協会評論賞受賞作! 飯田龍太、飯島晴子、金子兜太など、昭和を彩り平成に逝去した俳人は、苦難をどのように乗り越え、いかに俳句に光を求めたのか――。作品と境涯から、俳句の力の根源を探る評論集。

●角谷 昌子:「未来図」同人。俳人協会幹事、国際俳句交流協会評議員、日本文藝家協会会員。詩誌「日本未来派」所属。句集に『奔流』『源流』。

Reviews

  • 戦後派の俳人とその歴史をしるには良い本です。

    俳句歴三年の私には難解です。

  • 読むのに疲れます。

    作者が非常にペダンチックで、やたらに気取った言い回し、難解な言葉を使っているので、詠むのに疲れます。

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