Teiko Inahata

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

Teiko Inahata
稲畑汀子
Born8 January 1931 (1931-01-08)
Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
Died27 February 2022 (2022-02-28) (aged 91)
Ashiya, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan
OccupationPoet

Life and career

Born in Yokohama, the granddaughter of poet Kyoshi Takahama and the daughter of poet Toshio Takahama, 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, 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
  1. 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. 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. 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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