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Natsumi Aoyagi

Born in 1990 in Tokyo, poet and artist Natsumi Aoyagi has been named by the judges of the 28th Nakahara Chuya Prize as a defining poet for the future of Japanese poetry. Aoyagi’s publications include poetry collections Calendar Stories for You Waiting at Home (2021), Done Being Nurtured (2022) and Logbook of a Sea Goddess (2024), and novel Fujimi Rōhō (Kotobato vol. 3, 2021). She is also a director of the art space and bookstore kohonya honkbooks. In 2022 she was nominated for the 7th edition of Women to Watch at the National Museum of Women in the Arts (NMWA Japan Committee), and she was selected for the JUMP Artist + Curator International Collaborative Program, with a new work to be presented in Portugal in 2026.

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‘Language observes the body, and the body further observes language’: Shastra Deo in conversation with Natsumi Aoyagi

“We should practice realising that we haven’t been adept at recognising time,” says multidisciplinary artist, mangaka, and poet Natsumi Aoyagi. Described by the 28th Nakahara Chūya Prize judges as a key representative of the future of Japanese poetry, Aoyagi-san consistently pushes the boundaries of poetry and art’s potential as containers of observation, story, and temporality.

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