Hoshino Tatsuko
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 Hoshino Tatsuko |
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| Born: | 15 November 1903 Tokyo Japan |
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| Died: | 3 March 1984 Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan |
| Occupation: | writer |
| Genres: | haiku poetry |
| Literary movement: | Hototogisu |
| Influences: | Takahama Kyoshi |
Tatsuko Hoshino (星野立子 Hoshino Tatsuko?, 15 November 1903—3 March 1984) was a Japanese haiku poet active in Showa period Japan.
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[edit] Early life
Hoshino Tatsuko was born in Tokyo, as the daughter of the poet and novelist Takahama Kyoshi. After her marriage, she was encouraged by her father to start writing haiku and soon showed an amazing talent.
[edit] Literary career
In 1930 Tatsuko founded a haiku magazine exclusively for women called Tamamo. Two years later, she joined the Hototogisu literary circle and shared the position of leading female haiku poet with Nakamura Teijo. The two were later joined by Hashimoto Takako and Mitsuhashi Takajo.
In 1937 Tatsuko published her first haiku anthology, which was followed by other volumes including Kamakura, Sasame and Jitsui. She style remained faithful to her father's insistence on traditional forms, and on the use of natural symbolism, but was tempered with her love of nature and a soft, feminine approach to daily life.
After her father's death, Tatsuko became the haiku selector for Asahi Shimbun newspaper, and contributed to haiku columns in various newspapers and magazines.
In addition to haiku, she also published travel documentaries, including Tamamo haiwa (Stories of the Tamamo Group) and Yamato Seki-Butsu (Stone Buddhas of Yamato).
Tatsuko began living in Kamakura, Kanagawa prefecture in 1911 and following a short period in Tokyo, she returned to Kamakura in 1931, believing it to be an ideal place to bring up her children. She died in 1984 at the age of 80. Her grave is at the temple of Jufuku-ji in Kamakura.
