Contemporary Tanka Grand Award
営為―歌集 (ほるす歌書)
A tanka collection by Yoshimi Kondo, a leading postwar tanka poet. Looking at history and individual human labor, it crystallizes war memory, social awareness, and everyday endurance into poised poems.
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Work Information
A gaze fixed on human endeavor deeply marks the time of postwar tanka.
Eii was published in 1990 by Roppo Shuppansha in the Horus tanka series. As the title suggests, it looks at daily acts and historical movement together, preserving the ethical tension of postwar tanka.
Review Summaries
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The collection is read as a mature work by a central postwar tanka poet. Its strength lies in refusing to separate society from the individual, letting history be felt through accumulated life.
Book Information
- Publisher
- 六法出版社
- Published
- 1990-09-01
- Pages
- 251 pages
- Language
- 日本語
- ISBN-13
- 9784897702513
- ISBN-10
- 4897702518
- Category
- 本/文学・評論
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