Kagoshima Juzo

Kagoshima Juzō ( Japanese 鹿 児 島 寿 蔵 ; * December 10, 1898 in Fukuoka , Fukuoka Prefecture ; † August 22, 1982 ) was a Japanese poet and doll maker who was named as such in 1961 to the Living National Treasure in the category: doll manufacture .

Life

Kagoshima was born in 1898 as the eldest son of Otogorō and Naka Kagoshima in the Kawabata district of Fukuoka. He learned the craft of making dolls from Arioka Yonejirō? ( 有 岡米 次郎 ). Kagoshima initially produced terracotta dolls, then began in 1932 with the production of "Shiso dolls" ( 紙塑 人形 , ~ ningyō ), which he subsequently specialized in. In 1934 he joined the craft group Kōjutsukai ( 甲戌会 on).

As a poet, Kagoshima is part of the group surrounding the Tanka magazine Araragi . His teachers were the poets Shimagi Akahiko (1876–1926) and Tsuchiya Bunmei . Kagoshima is a bearer of the Order of the Sacred Treasure 3rd Class (Commander). In 1968 he was awarded the Chōkū Prize for Poetry for Furusato no akashi ( 故 郷 の 灯 ).

Works (selection)

• 1950 Masaoka Shiki ( 正 岡 子規 ), Tanka anthology
• 1975 Haha no kuni ( は は の く に )

Web links

• 鹿 児 島 寿 蔵 ー 人形 と 短歌 二 つ の 道 を 極 め た ー . 福岡 県 人 会, May 31, 2011,Retrieved April 15, 2014(Japanese). 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 鹿 児 島 寿 蔵 . In: デ ジ タ ル 版 日本人 名 大 辞典 + Plus at kotobank.jp. Retrieved April 15, 2014 (Japanese). 
2. ↑ 鹿 児 島 寿 蔵 ー 人形 と 短歌 二 つ の 道 を 極 め た ー . (No longer available online.) 福岡 県 人 会 May 31, 2011, archived from the original on April 16, 2014 ; Retrieved April 15, 2014 (Japanese). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  

Japanese name: As is common in Japan, the family name comes before the first name in this article . Thus, Kagoshima is the family name, Juzō the first name.