Shibata Toyo

Shibata Toyo ( Japanese 柴 田 ト ヨ ; born June 26, 1911 in Tochigi , Tochigi Prefecture , Japan ; † January 20, 2013 in Utsunomiya , Tochigi Prefecture, Japan) was a Japanese poet .

Life

Shibata Toyo was born in 1911 as the only daughter of the wealthy rice trader Morishima Tomizō ( 森 島 富 造 ) and his wife Yasu ( ヤ ス ) in Tochigi. Since her youth she worked in restaurants, where she met Shibata Eikichi ( 柴 田 曳 dort ), whom she married at the age of 33. The following year their son Ken'ichi ( 健 一 ) was born. When her husband died in 1992 and she was now living alone and she had to give up her hobby, classical Japanese dance , after a hip injury , her son recommended that her write poetry. From 2004 these appeared in the national daily newspaper Sankei Shimbun .

She self-published 42 of these in October 2009 with the collection of poems Kujikenaide (“Don't let yourself be discouraged”). In 2010 a new edition was published by Asuka Shinsha . The book, with a new look and illustrations, became an instant bestseller with a circulation of more than 1.6 million copies.

In 2011, Shibata's second collection of poems, Hyakusai ("100 years old"), followed. This sold more than 450,000 times.

She died in a nursing home in Utsunomiya at the age of 101.

Publications

• Kujikenaide ( く じ け な い で , “Do not be discouraged”). Asuka Shinsha, Tokyo 2010, ISBN 978-4-87031-992-9 .
  • German: You are never too old to be happy: the wisdom of a centenarian . Pendo Verlag, Munich / Zurich 2012, ISBN 978-3-86612-337-3 .
• Hyakusai ( 百 歳 , "100 years old"). Asuka Shinsha, Tokyo 2011, ISBN 978-4-86410-104-2 .
• Anata ni Arigatō - Shibata Toyo Shashinshū ( あ な た に あ り が と う 柴 柴 田 ト ヨ 写真 集 ). Asuka Shinsha, Tokyo 2011, ISBN 978-4-86410-105-9 . Photo collection.

Web links

• Shibata Toyo website from Asuka Shinsha (Japanese)
• Huffington Post

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} 柴 田 ト ヨ の 世界 展 - イ ン タ ー ネ ッ ト 版 . プ ロ フ ィ ー ル . (No longer available online.) In: 柴 田 ト ヨ の 世界 展 - イ ン タ ー ネ ッ ト 版 . Asuka Shinsha, archived from the original on March 7, 2013 ; Retrieved February 23, 2013 (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.  
2. ↑ ^{a b c d e} ト ヨ さ ん と 日本 の 100 年 . (No longer available online.) In: 柴 田 ト ヨ の 世界 展 - イ ン タ ー ネ ッ ト 版 . Asuka Shinsha, archived from the original on May 13, 2013 ; Retrieved February 23, 2013 (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.  
3. ↑ ^{a b c} 101 歳 の 詩人 ・ 柴 田 ト ヨ さ ん が １ 月 ２０ 日 午前 ０ ０ 時 ５０ 分 、 ご 逝去 さ れ ま し た . (No longer available online.) Asuka Shinsha, January 20, 2013, archived from the original January 30, 2013 ; Retrieved February 23, 2013 (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.  
4. ↑ ^{a b} Kujikenaide in FAZ of January 21, 2013, page 30

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