Kawakami Santaro
Kawakami Santarō ( Japanese 川 上 三 太郎 , real name: Kawakami Ikujirō ( 川 上 幾次 郎 ); born January 3, 1891 in Tokyo Prefecture ; † December 26, 1968 ) was a Japanese lyric poet and one of the six great Senryū poets ( Japanese 六 大家 rokudaika ).
Kawakami studied until his graduation in 1910 at the Ōkura commercial school, a forerunner of the Tōkyō University of Economics . After graduating, Kawakami worked in a trading company in Tianjin . He was a student of Inoue Kenkabō ( 井上 剣 花坊 ). He wrote poetry since the age of fourteen, wrote a column on Senryū for the magazine Kokumin Shinbun ( 国民 新聞 ) from 1929 and founded the club Kokumin Shinbunkai . He also founded his own magazine for Senryū poetry. He later worked as an editor for the Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper . For his contribution to the artistic development of the country, he was the first Senryū poet in the history of Japan to receive a state award in 1966, the medal with a purple ribbon from the Emperor of Japan. Kawakami published several volumes of poetry. The Senryū 200-nen collection was published in six editions.
Works
- 新 川 柳 壹萬 句 集 - Shin senryū ichi man kushū . Isobe Kōyōdō, Tokyo 1927, OCLC 673683152 (Japanese).
- 川 柳 滑稽 句 集 - Senryū kokkei kushū . Isobe Kōyōdō, Tokyo 1928, OCLC 675681689 (Japanese).
- 新 川 柳 大 観: 昭和 ・ 明治 大 正 - Shin senryū taikan: Shōwa meiji taishō . Sōbunsha, Tokyo 1929, OCLC 33685492 (Japanese).
- Kinrō Yano, Santarō Kawakami (Ed.): 川 柳 漫画 全集 - Senryū manga zenshū . tape 1-7, 9-11 (1930-1932) . Heibonsha, Tokyo 1932, OCLC 674251417 (Japanese).
- ウ ル ト ラ じ ん た - Urutora jinta: Meiji no maki (= Senryū manga zenshū . Band 9 ). 1930, OCLC 19398232 (Japanese, dl.ndl.go.jp ).
- 川 柳 入門 - Senryū nyūmon (= Nyūmon Shinsho ). Kawazu shoten, Tokyo 1951, OCLC 672499977 (Japanese).
- お ん な 殿下: 川 柳 - Onna denka: Senryū . Chūō Bungeisha, Tokyo 1956, OCLC 674425936 (Japanese).
- 川 柳 200 年 - Senryū 200-nen . Yomiuri Shimbun, Tokyo 1966, OCLC 28403277 (Japanese).
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Individual evidence
- ↑ 川 上 三 太郎 . Bungakusha Soutairoku, accessed December 22, 2016 (Japanese, with image of the tomb).
- ↑ a b 川 上 三 太郎 . In: デ ジ タ ル 版 日本人 名 大 辞典 + Plus at kotobank.jp. Retrieved December 22, 2016 (Japanese).
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SURNAME | Kawakami, Santaro |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 川 上 三 太郎 (Japanese); Kawakami Ikujirō (real name); 川 上 幾次 郎 (real name, Japanese) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese Senryū poet |
DATE OF BIRTH | January 3, 1891 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Tokyo prefecture |
DATE OF DEATH | December 26, 1968 |