Mori Sumio

Mori Sumio ( Japanese 森 澄 雄 , actually: 森 澄 夫 ; * February 28, 1919 in Nagasaki or Himeji ; † August 18, 2010 in Tokyo ) was a Japanese haiku poet and member of the Japanese Academy of Arts .

Life

Mori Sumio was born in Nagasaki, but according to some sources in the Aboshi area of Himeji City , Hyogo Prefecture . During his visit to the commercial college he was instructed in Haiku poetry by Katō Shūson .

In 1940 he participated in the founding of the Haiku magazine Kanrai ( 寒 雷 , Eng . "Winter Thunder") Shūsons and was later a member of the editorial team.

In 1942, after completing a degree in economics at the Imperial University of Kyushu , he was called up for military service and from 1944 took part in several combat missions. In 1946 he returned to civilian life and stepped 1947 employment as a teacher at the girls' secondary school Tosu of Saga Prefecture (Jap School Name:. 佐賀県立鳥栖高等女学校 , Saga Tosu kenritsu Kōtō jogakkō ) to. Later he moved to the high school Toshima of Tokyo (Jap School Name:. 都立豊島高等学校 , Toritsu Toshima Kōtō Gakko ).

In 1954 he published his first haiku compilation Yukitsubute ( 雪 礫 , dt. "Snowball").

In 1970 he founded his own haiku magazine, titled Sugi ( 杉 , "cedar"), and took over the management of the editorial team.

In the further course of his literary work, Mori received numerous prizes and awards: In 1977 the haiku compilation Riso ( 鯉 素 ) won the Yomiuri Literature Prize ( 読 売 文学 賞 , Yomiuri-bungaku-shō ) and in 1987 the other haiku compilation Shien ( 四遠 ) honored with the Dakotsu Prize ( 蛇 笏 賞 , Dakotsu-shō ). Also in 1987 he was awarded the medal on the purple ribbon ( 紫 綬 褒 章 , Shiju-hōshō ). In 1993 he was awarded the small order of the rising sun . In 1997 he received the Imperial Prize of the Japanese Academy of Arts for Kakan ( 花 間 ) and Haiku no inochi ( 俳 句 の い の ち ) , of which he was accepted as a member the same year. In 2001 he was awarded the Order of the Sacred Treasure, Third Class. In 2005 he was declared a Bunka Kōrōsha ( 文化 功 労 者 , definition: person who has made a significant contribution to the culture; associated with this is, in addition to the honor of the award, a pension for life).

Many of his haiku are about everyday life, especially affection for a wife or the connection between husband and wife.

Mori was responsible for the selection and review of haiku for the Yomiuri newspaper . His commentaries are known for the detailed explanations of occurring proper names.

Mori died in August 2010 at the age of 91 years after months period of malaise in a hospital in Tokyo at a pneumonia .

Works

title		publishing company	place	date
Kagan	花眼	Bokuyōsha	Tokyo	1969
Mori Sumio haironshu	森 澄 雄 俳 論 集	Nagata Shobo	Tokyo	1971
Fuō	浮 鷗	Nagata Shobo	Tokyo	1973
Mori Sumio kushu	森 澄 雄 句 集	Gogatsu Shobo	Tokyo	1976
Yūhō	游 方	Rippū Shobō	Tokyo	1980
Haiku-yūshin	俳 句 遊 心	Gogatsu Shobo	Tokyo	1980
Oumi	淡 海	Unotatsuyama Bunko	Tokyo	1982
Kararo	空 艪	Unotatsuyama Bunko	Tokyo	1983
Sumio haiwa-hyakudai	澄 雄 俳 話 百 題	Nagata Shobo	Tokyo	1984
Mori-sumio-haiku-juku	森 澄 雄 俳 句 塾	Bunka Shuppankyoku	Tokyo	1984
Haiku-yūsō	俳 句 遊 想	Kōdansha Gakujutsu Bunko	Tokyo	1987
Haiku to yugyō	俳 句 と 遊行	Fujimi Shobo	Tokyo	1987
Shi no shinjitsu: haiku-jissaku-sakuhō	詩 の 真 実 俳 句 実 作 作法	Kadokawa Shoten	Tokyo	1987
Shoshō	所生	Kadokawa Shoten	Tokyo	1989
Haijin-kuwa: gendai-haijintachi no fūbō to shisei	俳 人 句話 現代 俳 人 た ち の 風貌 と 姿勢	Kadokawa Shoten	Tokyo	1989
Hana wa mina	は な は み な	Furansudō	Mitaka	1990
Mori Sumio haiwa-gojūdai	澄 雄 俳 話 五十 題	Nagata Shobo	Tokyo	1993
Medetasa no bungaku	俳 句 と 遊行	Yūshorin	Tokyo	1994
Haiku kono yutaka naru mono	俳 句 こ の 豊 か な る も の	Yūshorin	Tokyo	1994
Mori sumio saijiki	森 澄 雄 歳 時 記	Kashinsha	Tokyo	1995
Shien	四 遠	Yūshorin	Tokyo	1996
Haiku no inochi	俳 句 の い の ち	Kadokawa Shoten	Tokyo	1998
Haiku no yutakasa: Mori Sumio taidanshū	俳 句 の ゆ た か さ 森 澄 雄 対 談 集	Asahi Shimbunsha	Tokyo	1998
Kakan	花 間	Asahi Shimbunsha	Tokyo	1998
Koto-yūyū	古都 悠遊	Furansudō	Chofu	1999
With wasuru	見 て 忘 る	Kakusha	Tokyo	1999
Haiku ni manabu	俳 句 に 学 ぶ	Kadokawa-shoten	Tokyo	1999
Mandarage	曼陀羅 華	Asahi Shimbunsha	Tokyo	2000
Tenjitsu	天日	Asahi Shimbunsha	Tokyo	2001
Mori Sumio kushu	森 澄 雄 句 集	Geirin Shobo	Chofu	2002
Yūshin	遊 心	Ueppu	Tokyo	2003
Kyoshin	虚心	Bungaku no mori	Tokyo	2004
Shin: Sumio haiwa-hyakudai	新 澄 雄 俳 話 百 題	Nagata Shobo	Tokyo	2005

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