 General Incorporated Association The Japan Poets Club Japanese
Introduction of the Japan Poets Club Inc. and our history
The Japan Poets Club was founded in May 1950 with 65 members. The first president of the Club was Yaso Saijo.
Since then, the objective of the Club has remained unchanged: to promote
the development of poetry and poetics and the
enrichment of Japanese language, and the mutual communication among the
poets not only in Japan but also all over the world.
The prospect is: to contribute to the development of Japanese culture and of peace in the world. The Club now has 912 members
including many of Japan’s outstanding poets.
In 2020, we will commemorate the 70th anniversary of its foundation and will hold the main event of celebration
on the 14th of Nov. in Tokyo, and even in Kansai area a little bit later.
Now the executive committee was organized with 83 club members to start
up the various kind of plans.
The activities of the Club cover a very wide range: publishing journals
and anthologies, organizing monthly lectures with specialists, poetry school
workshops, annual poetry festivals in various districts of Japan, and poetry
and art exhibitions. The big annual event is the International Day. So
far the Club has invited many overseas poets from the US, China, Korea,
Germany, Nederlands, Mexico, India and Jamaica in the Caribbean. The Club
confers three awards every year to the best writers of the year: The Japan
Poets Club Award for the best poetry collection of the year, The Japan
Poets Club Debut Award, and The Japan Poets Club Studies Award for the
best paper on poets and poetry.
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Successive Presidents and Director Generals
Some of our Pioneers
| AD (Japanese Calender) |
President |
Director General |
Yaso Saijo
Godo Nakahishi
Yutaka Kadota
(1907-75)
famous as a Lyricist
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| 1950 (Showa 25) |
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Yaso Saijo |
| 1952 (Showa 27) |
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Yaso Saijo |
| 1956 (Showa 31) |
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Yaso Saijo |
| 1964 (Showa 39) |
Yaso Saijo |
Makoto Sangu |
| 1965 (Showa 40) |
Yaso Saijo |
Oyo Masatomi |
| 1966 (Showa 41) |
Yaso Saijo |
Minoru Toyota |
| 1968 (Showa 43) |
Yaso Saijo |
Yoshika Hattori |
| 1970 (Showa 45) |
Godo Nakanishi |
Chunosuke Abe |
| 1972 (Showa 47) |
Chunosuke Abe |
Yutaka Kadota |
| 1975 (Showa 50) |
Chunosuke Abe |
Hikozo Egashira |
| 1977 (Showa 52) |
Hikozo Eto |
Kiyohiko Furukawa |
| 1979 (Showa 54) |
Hikozo Eto |
Kiyohiko Furukawa |
| 1981 (Showa 56) |
Hikozo Eto |
Kiyohiko Furukawa |
| 1983 (Showa 58) |
Futabako Saijo |
Koshu Nishioka |
| 1985 (Showa 60) |
Fumio Ide |
Shinji Kakei |
| 1987 (Showa 62) |
Tadashi Satsuma |
Koshu Nishioka |
| 1989 (Heisei 1 ) |
Sadayoshi Horiguchi |
Koshu Nishioka |
| 1991 (Heisei 3 ) |
Hiroshi Terada |
Shinji Kakei |
| 1993 (Heisei 5 ) |
Koshu Nishioka |
Takeshi Ishihara |
| 1995 (Heisei 7 ) |
Takeshi Ishihara |
Fujio Nakamura |
| 1997 (Heisei 9 ) |
Shinji Kakei |
Binkou Suzuki |
| 1999 (Heisei 11) |
Wataru Takahashi |
Binko Suzuki |
| 2000 (Heisei 12) |
Binko Suzuki |
Fujio Nakamura |
| 2001 (Heisei 13) |
Itsuo Amahiko |
Fujio Nakamura |
| 2003 (Heisei 15) |
Katsuhisa Amahiko |
Mishiko Harada |
| 2005 (Heisei 17) |
Fujio Nakamura |
Junko Kitaoka |
| 2007 (Heisei 19) |
Takashi Sakuma |
Junko Kitaoka |
| 2009 (Heisei 21) |
Kazunari Hiruma |
Yutaka Hosono |
| 2011 (Heisei 23) |
Shigeru Shimizu |
Yoshikatsu Kawanago |
| 2013 (Heisei 25) |
Yutaka Hosono |
Yoshikatsu Kawanago |
| 2015 (Heisei 27) |
Kazuyuki Takeshi |
Masataka Ohta |
| 2017 (Heisei 29) |
Yoshikatsu Kawanago |
Masaki Nagao |
| 2019 (Reiwa 1) |
Junko Kitaoka |
Kenichi Sasoh |
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The List of the Three Prize Winners
To get detailed information, please enter to the link page of each list
below (but being under the constraction)
The Japan Poets Club Award
the 1st (1968)～the 52th (2019) |
The Japan Poets Club Debut Awards
the 1st (1991)～the 29th (2019) |
The Japan Poets Club Studies Award
the 1st (2001)～the 19th (2019) |
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