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河野裕子関連情報の特設ページ	ようこそ、塔短歌会のホームページへ。塔短歌会は、故高安国世（京都大学教授、ドイツ文学）によって、昭和29年に創設され、月刊誌「塔」を発行しております。現在は、永田和宏（京都大学名誉教授・京都産業大学教授）を主宰とし、この数年続けて新人賞作家を輩出するなど、活発な活動を展開しております。会員数は1000名余、小学生から九十歳以上の方まで、また、沖縄から北海道さらに海外まで、年齢的にも地域的にも幅広い会員を擁しております。「塔」は、創刊以来の自由な気風がモットーであり、それを反映して、大学生を中心に、会員の一割を占める20～30代の若い歌人の活躍が、大きな特徴であり、また注目を集めております。「河野裕子を偲ぶ会」でのスライドショーはこちら ■TOPICS お知らせ


TANKA is ... TANKA is short, lyrical poetry which inherited the characteristics of Japanese ancient literature as well as Haiku for more than 1,300 years. It was only since the Meiji Era or the 19th century that people began to call it TANKA to clearly distinguish it from classical WAKA poetry. Why is this ancient art form of poetry still attracting many people and always reviving itself with renewed vocabularies and phonemes of newer generations? Like western poems, TANKA is composed of carefully selected words. The great difference is that TANKA should be arranged in 31 syllables with a structure of 5,7,5,7 and 7 syllable-lines. This form has been considered to best naturally suit the breathing rhythms of the Japanese people, and express the gamut of feeling and the delicate shades of meaning. This simple construction unbelievably contains the realm of the poets and suggests feelings beyond the words. Now, come and join us to experience the realm of TANKA poetry. Just make a poem of 31 syllables in 5-7-5-7-7 lines. You will surely ask someone for his or her impressions and comments of your work, and soon find the joy of appreciating poems of others. Do comment on their works, and listen carefully to their opinions on your pieces. This is the best way to understand the depth of TANKA poetry.