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Teiko Inahata

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Teiko Inahata
稲畑汀子
Born8 January 1931 (1931-01-08)
Died27 February 2022 (2022-02-28) (aged 91)
OccupationPoet

Inahata Teiko (Japanese: 稲畑汀子; 8 January 1931 – 27 February 2022) was a Japanese haiku poet, essayist and literary critic.

Life and career

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Born in Yokohama, the granddaughter of poet Kyoshi Takahama and the daughter of poet Toshio Takahama [ja], Inahata had been composing haiku since she was still a child.[1][2] She studied at Kobayashi Seishin Women's College.[1][2]

Inahata published her first collection of haiku in 1976.[2] In 1979 she succeeded her father as editor-in-chief of the literary magazine Hototogisu, and was editor of the newspaper The Asahi Shimbun.[1][2] In 1987 she founded and was the first secretary of the Traditional Haiku Society [ja], later serving as its honorary president.[2][3] She was a Catholic.[3]

Inahata died in Ashiya, Hyōgo Prefecture on 27 February 2022, at the age of 91.[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Lowitz, Leza; Aoyama, Miyuki; Tomioka, Akemi (1998). "teiko inahata". A Long Rainy Season: Haiku and Tanka. Stone Bridge Press. p. 52. ISBN 978-1-880656-15-0.
  2. ^ a b c d e Ueda, Makoto (2003). "Inahata Teiko". Far Beyond the Field: Haiku by Japanese Women : an Anthology. Columbia University Press. pp. 169–70. ISBN 978-0-231-12863-6.
  3. ^ a b Cobb, David (2002). Haiku: The Poetry of Nature. Universe. p. 86. ISBN 978-0-7893-0826-9.
  4. ^ "俳人の稲畑汀子さん死去 「ホトトギス」名誉主宰 朝日俳壇前選者". No. 28 February 2022. Asahi Digital. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
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