Yamazaki Hōdai

Yamazaki Hōdai ( Japanese 山崎 方 代 ; born November 1, 1914 in Kofu , † August 19, 1985 in Kamakura ) was a Japanese writer.

Life

Yamazaki began writing poetry after he finished elementary school. He joined the Tanka group Chijō ( 地上 ) and published tankas in newspapers and magazines, where he earned his living through various jobs. In 1939 he moved to his sister in Yokohama and published a first collection of poems under the title Banshō Kuriawase ( 万 障 繰 り 合 わ せ ) in a mimeographed edition of 100 copies.

In 1941 he was drafted into military service, where he lost his right eye during fighting and was severely damaged in his left eye. After the war, he joined several tank companies and became one of the most important representatives of Tanka poetry. In 1955 his first volume of poetry Hōdai ( 方 代 ) was published. This attracted the attention of the poet Yoshino Hideo , whose student Yamazaki became. From 1971 he published the literary magazine Kansho ( 寒暑 ) with Okabe Keiichirō and others .

In addition to the aforementioned, Yamazaki published the volumes of poetry Ubaguchi ( 右 左 口 ), Kōrogi ( こ お ろ ぎ ) and Kashō ( 迦葉 ) as well as a collection of essays under the title Aojiso no Hana ( 青 じ そ の 花 ).

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• Kamakura City, Kamakura´s Literary Figures - Biography ( Memento from June 10, 2011 in the Internet Archive )

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