- Yoshino Hideo
Infobox Writer
name = Hideo Yoshino
caption = Yoshino Hideo
birthdate = birth date|1902|7|3|df=y
birthplace =Takasaki, Gunma ,Japan
deathdate = death date|1967|7|13|df=y
deathplace =Kamakura, Kanagawa Japan
occupation = Writer
genre = poetry, essays
movement =
notableworks =
influences =Ryokan ,Masaoka Shiki ,Aizu Yaichi
influenced =nihongo|Hideo Yoshino|吉野秀雄|Yoshino Hideo (
3 July 1902 -13 July 1967 ) was a "tanka" poet inShowa period Japan .Early life
Yoshino was born in Takasaki city,
Gumma prefecture . He enrolled inKeio University 's school ofEconomics , but was forced to quit school when he developedtuberculosis . He relocated fromTokyo to Kamakura inKanagawa prefecture in 1911, due to its reputation as a healthful environment for people with lung conditions.While recuperating, he became familiar with the verses of
Masaoka Shiki andIto Sachio , two poets in the "Araragi " "tanka" group, and he began to compose verses himself. He was also attracted to the works ofAizu Yaichi and eventually became his pupil.Literary career
In 1926 Yoshino financed the publication of his own first poetry anthology, "Tenjo gishi". However, most of his works did not appear in print until after the end of
World War II . He developed a unique style of "tanka" that was independent of the mainstream "Araragi" verses, and used a tight, succinct style borrowed from the 19th centuryBuddhist priest-poet,Ryokan . He also was inspired by the ancient classic fromJapanese literature , the "Man'yōshū ." His anthologies include "Seiin shū" (The Clear and Cloudy Collection, 1967) and "Kansen shū" (The Autumn Cicada Collection, 1974).Yoshino also wrote a number of essays, including "Yawarakana Kokoro" (Soft heart) and "Korokono Furusato" (Home is the heart).He won the
Yomiuri Prize in 1958 for his anthology, "Yoshino Hideo kashū".Yoshino died in 1967. His grave is at the temple of Zuisen-ji in Kamakura.
External links
* [http://www.city.kamakura.kanagawa.jp/bunka/bunjinroku/yoshino_e.htm Literary Figures of Kamakura]
ee also
*
Japanese literature
*List of Japanese authors
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