, (September 23, 1919 – February 20, 2018) was a Japanese writer. Kaneko was born in Chichibu. He studied at the

University of Tokyo , abbreviated as or UTokyo, is a public research university located in Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan. Established in 1877, the university was the first Imperial University and is currently a Top Type university of the Top Global University Project b ...

and worked for the Bank of Japan. Kaneko died in

Kumagaya is a city located in Saitama Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 195,277 in 87,827 households and a population density of 1200 persons per km². The total area of the city is . Geography Kumagaya is one of the larges ...

on February 20, 2018, of Acute respiratory distress syndrome in

, Saitama at the age of 98.

Prizes

*2005 : Cikada Prize *2008 : Person of Cultural Merit *2010 :

Kikuchi Kan Prize The honors achievement in all aspects of Japanese literary culture. It was named in honor of Kikuchi Kan. The prize is presented annually by the literary magazine '' Bungei Shunjū'' and the Society for the Promotion of Japanese Literature. Hist ...

*2015 :

Asahi Prize The , established in 1929, is an award presented by the Japanese newspaper ''Asahi Shimbun'' and Asahi Shimbun Foundation to honor individuals and groups that have made outstanding accomplishments in the fields of arts and academics and have greatl ...

Bibliography

*
Kaneko Tohta: With Notes and Commentary Part 2: 1961-2012: Selected Haiku, Parte 2;Partes 1961-2012
', * ''Kaneko Tohta.'' In

* ''Kaneko Tōta.'' In:

J. Thomas Rimer J. Thomas Rimer (born 2 March 1933) is an American scholar of Japanese literature and drama. He is a Professor Emeritus of Japanese Literature, Theatre, and Art at the University of Pittsburgh. He has served as the chief of the Asian Division of th ...

, Van C. Gessel
''The Columbia Anthology of Modern Japanese Literature: From 1945 to the present.''
Columbia University Press, 2007, , p. 444. * William J. Higginson, Penny Harter
''The Haiku Handbook: How to Write, Share, and Teach Haiku.''
Kodansha International, 1989, , p., 41–42.

References

1919 births 2018 deaths Japanese writers University of Tokyo alumni Japanese haiku poets Writers from Saitama Prefecture Deaths from respiratory failure {{Japan-writer-stub