Izumi Kyōka Prize for Literature (泉鏡花文学賞, Izumi Kyōka Bungaku Shō) is a prize for literature in Japan named for Kyōka Izumi. It was established and started in 1973 to commemorate the 100th year since the birth of Kyōka Izumi.[1] Kanazawa city, where Izumi was born, organizes this prize. Usually the award goes to one recipient, though there have been exceptions.
List of Prize-winning works
The City of Kanazawa, Japan maintains a list of current and past winning works.[1]
First to 10th
11th to 20th
Times (Year) | Winner | Winning Work |
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11th (1983) | Kazuko Saegusa (JA) | Onidomo no Yoru wa Fukai (鬼どもの夜は深い) |
Haku Kohiyama (JA) | Hikaru Onna (光る女) |
12th (1984) | Akae Baku | Kaikyō (海峡) |
Yakumo ga Koroshita (八雲が殺した) |
13th (1985) | Shunzô Miyawaki (JA) | Satsui no Fūkei (殺意の風景) |
14th (1986) | Mizuko Masuda | Single Seru (シングル・セル, Shinguru Seru) |
15th (1987) | Yumiko Kurahashi | Amanon koku ōkanki (アマノン国往還記) |
Hideo Asaine (JA) | Shūji no Hōrō (シュージの放浪) |
16th (1988) | Tsumao Awasaka (JA) | Oriduru (折鶴) |
Banana Yoshimoto | Mūnraito Shadō (Moonlight Shadow, ムーンライト・シャドウ) |
17th (1989) | Taka Isawa (JA) | Nowaki Sakaba (野分酒場) |
Aiko Kitahara[2] (JA) | Fukagawa Mio-dōri Kidobangoya (深川澪通り木戸番小屋) |
18th (1990) | Jôkichi Hikage (JA) | Doro Kisha (泥汽車) |
19th (1991) | Enjeru Ui or Angel Ui (JA) | Odorō, Maya (踊ろう・マヤ) |
20th (1992) | Megumu Sagisawa | Kakeru Shōnen (駆ける少年) |
Masahiko Shimada | Higan Sensei (彼岸先生) |
21st to 30th
Times (Year) | Winner | Winning Work |
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21st (1993) | Michiko Yamamoto | Mofuku no Ko (喪服の子) |
22nd (1994) | (no winning works) |
23rd (1995) | Akira Tsuji (JA) | Yume no Hōi (夢の方位) |
24th (1996) | Miri Yū | Full House (フルハウス Furu hausu) |
Eimi Yamada | Animal logic (アニマル・ ロジック, Animaru rojikku) |
25th (1997) | Tomomi Muramatsu | Kamakura no Obasan (鎌倉のおばさん) |
Natsuhiko Kyōgoku | Warau Iemon (嗤う伊右衛門) |
26th (1998) | Seiko Tanabe | Dōton-bori no ame ni wakarete irai nari - Senryū sakka Kishimoto Suifu to sono jidai (道頓堀の雨に別れて以来なり──川柳作家・岸本水府とその時代) |
27th (1999) | Tomoko Yoshida | Hako no Otto (箱の夫) |
Suehiro Tanemura | Tanemura Suehiro no Neo rabirintosu "Gensō no Erosu" and other work(s) (種村季弘のネオ・ラビリントス「幻想のエロス」 Tanemura Suehiro no Neo-Labyrinthos "Gensō no Eros") and other work(s) |
28th (2000) | Yōko Tawada | Hinagiku no Ocha no Baai (ヒナギクのお茶の場合) |
29th (2001) | Teruhiko Kuze (JA) | Shōshōkan Nichiroku (蕭々館日録) |
Shōno Yoriko | Yūkai Morimusume? Ibun (幽界森娘異聞) |
30th (2002) | Akiyuki Nosaka | "Bundan" oyobi sore ni itaru bungyō (「文壇」およびそれに至る文業) |
31st to 40th
Times (Year) | Winner | Winning Work |
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31st (2003) | Saiichi Maruya | Kagayaku Hi no Miya (輝く日の宮) |
Natsuo Kirino | Grotesque (グロテスク, Gurotesuku) |
32nd (2004) | Yōko Ogawa | Burafuman no Maisō (ブラフマンの埋葬) |
33rd (2005) | Michiko Ryō (JA) | Rakuen no Tori - Karukatta Gensōkyoku (楽園の鳥–カルカッタ幻想曲–) |
34th (2006) | Kōzaburō Arashiyama | Akutō Bashō (悪党芭蕉) |
35th (2007) | Wahei Tatematsu | Dōgen Zenji (道元禅師) |
Fujio Ōtaka (N/A) | Kyōka Koiuta (鏡花恋唄) - (Remark: special award) |
36th (2008) | Keishi Nagi (JA) | Kusa Suberi (草すべり) and other short stories |
Tadanori Yokoo | Buruu Rando (Blue land ??) (ぶるうらんど) |
37th (2009) | Akane Chihaya | Iogami (魚神) |
38th (2010) | Masahiro Shinoda | Kawaramono no susume, shie to shura no kioku (河原者ノススメ―死穢と修羅の記憶) |
39th (2011) | Jakuchō Setouchi | Fūkei (風景) |
Baku Yumemakura | Ōedo Chōkakuden (大江戸釣客伝) |
40th (2012) | Mitsuyo Kakuta | Kanata no Ko (かなたの子) |
41st to 50th
Times (Year) | Winner | Winning Work |
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41st (2013) | Ken’ichirō Isozaki (JA) | Ōko Raikon (往古来今) |
42nd (2014) | Kyōko Nakajima | Tsuma ga Shiitake datta Koro (妻が椎茸だったころ) |
Masayo Koike (JA) | Tamamono (たまもの) |
43rd (2015) | Mayumi Nagano (JA) | Meido ari (冥途あり) |
Katsuyuki Shinohara (JA) | Koppū (骨風) |
44th (2016) | Hiromi Kawakami | Ōkina tori ni sarawarenai yō (大きな鳥にさらわれないよう) |
45th (2017) | Rieko Matsuura | Saiai no kodomo (最愛の子ども) |
46th (2018) | Yūko Yamao (JA) | Tobu Kujaku (飛ぶ孔雀) |
47th (2019) | Shin'ya Tanaka (JA) | Hiyoko Taiyō (ひよこ太陽) |
48th (2020) | Nobuko Takagi | Shōsetsu Ise Monogatari Narihira (小説伊勢物語業平) |
49th (2021) | Kiyoko Murata | Ane no Shima (姉の島) |
50th (2022) | Fumiko Ōhama | Hidamari no Hate (陽だまりの果て) |
51st to 60th
Times (Year) | Winner | Winning Work |
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51st (2023) | - - | - - |
See also
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