Hideo Yoshino

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Hideo Yoshino
Kamakura, Kanagawa Japan
Resting placeZuisen-ji, Kamakura, Japan
OccupationWriter
LanguageJapanese
Alma materKeio University
Genrepoetry, essays
Notable awardsYomiuri Prize (1958)
Chōkū Prize (1967)
Ministry of Culture Prize (1968)

Hideo Yoshino (吉野 秀雄, Yoshino Hideo, July 3, 1902 - July 13, 1967) was a

Shōwa period Japan
.

Early life

Yoshino was born in

Kanagawa prefecture
in 1924, due to its reputation as a healthful environment for people with lung conditions.

While recuperating, he became familiar with the verses of

dyspnea, and with the development of painful anal fistula
which required surgery.

Literary career

In 1926 Yoshino financed the publication of his own first poetry anthology, Tenjō gishi. He also participated in the literary coterie centered on the

Buddhist priest-poet, Ryōkan, whose tight, succinct style he attempted to emulate. Yoshino returned to Kamakura in 1931, and devoted his studies to folklore, ancient literature and languages, self-publishing a monthly magazine, Yoshino Fuji Monthly, and holding monthly poetry meetings. He developed a unique style of tanka that was independent of the mainstream Araragi. He also was inspired by the ancient classic from Japanese literature, the Man'yōshū. However, most of his works did not appear in print until after the end of World War II
.

Yoshino divorced during World War II, and remarried after the end of the war to the widow of poet Jūkichi Yagi. In the immediate post-war period, Yoshino was an instructor at the

Yomiuri Literary Prize
in 1958 for his anthology, Yoshino Hideo kashū.

In the 1960s, Yoshino was known for his studies on Ryōkan. His anthologies include Seiin shū ("The Clear and Cloudy Collection", 1967) and Kansen shū ("The Autumn Cicada Collection", 1974).Yoshino also wrote a number of essays, including Yawarakana Kokoro ("Soft heart") and Korokono Furusato ("Home is the heart").

Suffering from ill health all of his life, Yoshino added diabetes and rheumatism to his ailments before his death in 1967. His grave is at the temple of Zuisen-ji in Kamakura.

External links

  • Abe, Ryuichi. Great Fool: Zen Master Ryōkan : Poems, Letters, and Other Writings. University of Hawaii Press (1996).
    ISBN 082481777X

See also
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