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橡と石垣

Wakayama Bokusui Award

橡と石垣

Takahiro Otsuji

The tenth tanka collection by Takahiro Otsuji. Taking the deepening colour of tsurubami dye as an image of his late fifties, it traces the complex shades of time and life in tanka.

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Work Information

A tanka collection that uses the deepening colour of tsurubami dye to consider the texture of years lived.

Tsurubami to Ishigaki is Takahiro Otsuji's tenth tanka collection, published by Sunagoya Shobo in April 2024. It received the 29th Wakayama Bokusui Award in 2024.

Book Information

Publisher
砂子屋書房
Published
2024-04-03
Pages
256 pages
Language
日本語
Size
13.8 x 2.2 x 19.4 cm
ISBN-13
9784790418856
ISBN-10
4790418855
Price
3300 JPY
Category
本/文学・評論

「橡」は「つるばみ」と読む。日本の色の古名である。クヌギの実の煮汁によって染められたその色は重ねれば重ねるほど深みを増し、複雑な色合いになってゆく。それは私の50代後半の日々の印象とどこか似ている。(大辻隆弘)

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