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⚫ {{nihongo|'''Mokichi Saitō'''|斎藤 茂吉|Saitō Mokichi|May 14, 1882 - February 25, 1953}} was a ] ] of the ], a member of the ] of tanka, and a ].
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⚫ {{nihongo|'''Mokichi Saitō'''|斎藤 茂吉|Saitō Mokichi|May 14, 1882 &ndash; February 25, 1953}} was a Japanese poet of the ], a member of the ] of ], and a ].


⚫ Mokichi was born in the village of Kanakame, now part of ] in 1882.<ref>Heinrich, p.3</ref> He attended ] Medical School and, upon graduation in 1911, joined the staff of Sugamo Hospital (present-day ]) where he began his study of psychiatry.<ref>Heinrich, pp.16, 20</ref> He later directed Aoyama Hospital, a psychiatric facility.<ref>Heinrich, pp.50-51, 69</ref>
The psychiatrist ] is his first son, the novelist ] is his second son and the essayist ] is his granddaughter.


Mokichi studied tanka under ], a disciple of Masaoka Shiki and leader, after his master's death, of the Negishi Tanka Society; Sachio also edited the society's official journal ''Ashibi''.<ref>Shinoda and Goldstein, pp.22-24.</ref><ref>Heinrich, p.14.</ref> This magazine, due to Sachio's increasing commitment to other literary activities, was subsequently replaced by '']'' in 1908.<ref>Shinoda and Goldstein, p.28.</ref> The publication in 1913 of Mokichi's first collection of tanka, ''Shakkō'' ("Red Light") was an immediate sensation with the broader public.<ref>Keene, p.61.</ref><ref>Shinoda and Goldstein, p.1.</ref> The first edition collected the poet's work from the years 1905-1913 and included 50 tanka sequences (''rensaku''),<ref>Heinrich, pp.104-105.</ref> with the autobiographical {{nihongo|"My Mother is Dying"|死にたまふ母|Shinitamafuhaha}} being perhaps the most celebrated sequence in the book.<ref>Keene, p.61.</ref><ref>Shinoda and Goldstein, p.40.</ref>
⚫ Saitō Mokichi was born in the village of Kanakame, now part of ] in 1882.<ref> Heinrich, Amy Vladeck. ''Fragments of Rainbows: The Life and Poetry of Saitō Mokichi''. New York: Columbia University Press, 1983: 3. ISBN 978-0231054287</ref> He attended Tokyo Imperial University Medical School and, upon graduation in 1911, joined the staff of Sugamo Hospital where he began his study of psychiatry.<ref> Heinrich, Amy Vladeck. ''Fragments of Rainbows: The Life and Poetry of Saitō Mokichi.'' New York: Columbia University Press, 1983: 16, 20. ISBN 978-0231054287</ref> He later directed Aoyama Hospital, a psychiatric facility.<ref> Heinrich, Amy Vladeck. ''Fragments of Rainbows: The Life and Poetry of Saitō Mokichi.'' New York: Columbia University Press, 1983: 50-51, 69. ISBN 978-0231054287</ref>


⚫ Mokichi's career as a poet spanned almost 50 years. At the time of his death at the age of 70, he had published seventeen poetry collections which include "14,200 or so poems," the collected works being overwhelmingly devoted to ].<ref>Heinrich, p.79</ref> In 1950 he received the inaugural ] for poetry.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://info.yomiuri.co.jp/contest/clspgl/bungaku.html|language=japanese|title=読売文学賞|trans-title=Yomiuri Prize for Literature|publisher=]|access-date=September 28, 2018}}</ref> He received the ] in 1951.
Mokichi studied tanka under ], a disciple of Masaoka Shiki and leader, after his master’s death, of the Negishi Tanka Society; Sachio also edited the society’s official journal ''Ashibi''.<ref>Shinoda, Seishi and Sanford Goldstein, Editors and Translators. ''Red Lights: Selected Tanka Sequences from Shakkō by Mokichi Saitō.'' West Lafayette: Purdue University Press, 1989: 22-24. ISBN 0-911198-90-3</ref><ref> Heinrich, Amy Vladeck. ''Fragments of Rainbows: The Life and Poetry of Saitō Mokichi.'' New York: Columbia University Press, 1983: 14. ISBN 978-0231054287</ref> The society’s publication, due to Sachio’s increasing commitment to other literary activities, was subsequently replaced by ''Araragi'' in 1908.<ref>Shinoda, Seishi and Sanford Goldstein, Editors and Translators. ''Red Lights: Selected Tanka Sequences from Shakkō by Mokichi Saitō.'' West Lafayette: Purdue University Press, 1989: 28. ISBN 0-911198-90-3</ref> The publication of Mokichi’s first collection of tanka in 1913, ''Red Lights (Shakkō),'' was an immediate sensation with the broader public.<ref>Shinoda, Seishi and Sanford Goldstein, Editors and Translators. ''Red Lights: Selected Tanka Sequences from Shakkō by Mokichi Saitō.'' West Lafayette: Purdue University Press, 1989: 1. ISBN 0-911198-90-3</ref> The first edition collected the poet’s work from the years 1905-1913 and included 50 tanka sequences (''rensaku''),<ref> Heinrich, Amy Vladeck. ''Fragments of Rainbows: The Life and Poetry of Saitō Mokichi.'' New York: Columbia University Press, 1983: 104-105. ISBN 978-0231054287</ref> with the autobiographical “The Dying Mother” (''"Shinitamau haha"'') being perhaps the most celebrated sequence in the book.<ref>Shinoda, Seishi and Sanford Goldstein, Editors and Translators. ''Red Lights: Selected Tanka Sequences from Shakkō by Mokichi Saitō.'' West Lafayette: Purdue University Press, 1989: 40. ISBN 0-911198-90-3</ref>


⚫ Mokichi was the family doctor of author ] and may have unknowingly played an indirect role in the latter's suicide.<ref>Shinoda and Goldstein, p.59.</ref> He also wrote philological essays on ] of ] and of ].
⚫ Mokichi’s career as a poet spanned almost 50 years. At the time of his death, he had published seventeen poetry collections which include “14,200 or so poems,” the collected works being overwhelmingly devoted to tanka.<ref> Heinrich, Amy Vladeck. ''Fragments of Rainbows: The Life and Poetry of Saitō Mokichi.'' New York: Columbia University Press, 1983: 79. ISBN 978-0231054287</ref> He received the ] in 1951.

⚫ Mokichi was the family doctor of author ] and may have unknowingly played an indirect role in the latter’s suicide.<ref>Shinoda, Seishi and Sanford Goldstein, Editors and Translators. ''Red Lights: Selected Tanka Sequences from Shakkō by Mokichi Saitō.'' West Lafayette: Purdue University Press, 1989: 59. ISBN 0-911198-90-3</ref>


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*Heinrich, Amy Vladeck. ''Fragments of Rainbows: The Life and Poetry of Saitō Mokichi.'' New York: Columbia University Press, 1983. ISBN 978-0231054287.
*Shinoda, Seishi and Sanford Goldstein, Editors and Translators. ''Red Lights: Selected Tanka Sequences from Shakkō by Mokichi Saitō.'' West Lafayette: Purdue University Press, 1989. ISBN 0-911198-90-3. *Heinrich, Amy Vladeck, 1983. ''Fragments of Rainbows: The Life and Poetry of Saitō Mokichi''. New York: Columbia University Press. {{ISBN|978-0231054287}}.
*Keene, Donald, 1999. ''Dawn to the West: A History of Japanese Literature, Volume 4 - Japanese Literature of the Modern Era (Poetry, Drama, Criticism)''. New York: Columbia University Press. {{ISBN|978-0231114394}}.
*Shinoda, Seishi and Sanford Goldstein, eds., 1989. ''Red Lights: Selected Tanka Sequences from Shakkō by Mokichi Saitō''. West Lafayette: Purdue University Press. {{ISBN|0-911198-90-3}}.


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The native form of this personal name is Saitō Mokichi. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.
Mokichi Saitō
Mokichi Saitō, c. 1952Mokichi Saitō, c. 1952
Born(1882-05-14)May 14, 1882
Minamimurayama-gun, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan
DiedFebruary 25, 1953(1953-02-25) (aged 70)
Daikyocho, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan
OccupationWaka poet, essayist, psychiatrist
Alma materTokyo Imperial University
Notable worksRed lights (1913)
Notable awardsJapan Academy Prize (1940)
Order of Culture (1951)
Children
RelativesYuka Saitō (granddaughter)

Mokichi Saitō (斎藤 茂吉, Saitō Mokichi, May 14, 1882 – February 25, 1953) was a Japanese poet of the Taishō period, a member of the Araragi school of tanka, and a psychiatrist.

Mokichi was born in the village of Kanakame, now part of Kaminoyama, Yamagata in 1882. He attended Tokyo Imperial University Medical School and, upon graduation in 1911, joined the staff of Sugamo Hospital (present-day Tokyo Metropolitan Matsuzawa Hospital) where he began his study of psychiatry. He later directed Aoyama Hospital, a psychiatric facility.

Mokichi studied tanka under Itō Sachio, a disciple of Masaoka Shiki and leader, after his master's death, of the Negishi Tanka Society; Sachio also edited the society's official journal Ashibi. This magazine, due to Sachio's increasing commitment to other literary activities, was subsequently replaced by Araragi in 1908. The publication in 1913 of Mokichi's first collection of tanka, Shakkō ("Red Light") was an immediate sensation with the broader public. The first edition collected the poet's work from the years 1905-1913 and included 50 tanka sequences (rensaku), with the autobiographical "My Mother is Dying" (死にたまふ母, Shinitamafuhaha) being perhaps the most celebrated sequence in the book.

Mokichi's career as a poet spanned almost 50 years. At the time of his death at the age of 70, he had published seventeen poetry collections which include "14,200 or so poems," the collected works being overwhelmingly devoted to tanka. In 1950 he received the inaugural Yomiuri Prize for poetry. He received the Order of Culture in 1951.

Mokichi was the family doctor of author Ryūnosuke Akutagawa and may have unknowingly played an indirect role in the latter's suicide. He also wrote philological essays on waka of Kakinomoto no Hitomaro and of Minamoto no Sanetomo.

Notes

  1. Heinrich, p.3
  2. Heinrich, pp.16, 20
  3. Heinrich, pp.50-51, 69
  4. Shinoda and Goldstein, pp.22-24.
  5. Heinrich, p.14.
  6. Shinoda and Goldstein, p.28.
  7. Keene, p.61.
  8. Shinoda and Goldstein, p.1.
  9. Heinrich, pp.104-105.
  10. Keene, p.61.
  11. Shinoda and Goldstein, p.40.
  12. Heinrich, p.79
  13. "読売文学賞" [Yomiuri Prize for Literature] (in Japanese). Yomiuri Shimbun. Retrieved September 28, 2018.
  14. Shinoda and Goldstein, p.59.

References

  • Media related to Saito Mokichi at Wikimedia Commons
  • Heinrich, Amy Vladeck, 1983. Fragments of Rainbows: The Life and Poetry of Saitō Mokichi. New York: Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0231054287.
  • Keene, Donald, 1999. Dawn to the West: A History of Japanese Literature, Volume 4 - Japanese Literature of the Modern Era (Poetry, Drama, Criticism). New York: Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0231114394.
  • Shinoda, Seishi and Sanford Goldstein, eds., 1989. Red Lights: Selected Tanka Sequences from Shakkō by Mokichi Saitō. West Lafayette: Purdue University Press. ISBN 0-911198-90-3.
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