Izumi Kyōka Prize for Literature

Izumi Kyōka Prize for Literature (, Izumi Kyōka Bungaku Shō) is a prize for literature in Japan named for prewar novelist Kyōka Izumi, established in 1973 to commemorate the 100th year since his birth. It is organized by the city of Kanazawa in Ishikawa Prefecture, where Izumi was born. While the annual award traditionally goes to a single recipient, there have been exceptions.

List of Prize-winning works

The city of Kanazawa maintains a list of current and past winning works.

1st to 10th Number (Year) Winner Winning Work 1st (1973) Ryō Hanmura Musubi no Yama Hiroku () Toshio Moriuchi Tobu Kage () 2nd (1974) Hideo Nakai (JA) Akumu no Karuta () 3rd (1975) Mori Mari Amai Mitsu no Heya () 4th (1976) Takako Takahashi Yūwakusha () 5th (1977) Takehiro Irokawa Ayashii Raikyakubo () Yūko Tsushima Kusa no Fushido ()6th (1978) Jūzou Kara (JA) Hitode, Kappa () 7th (1979) Taku Mayumura Shōmetsu no Kōrin () Mieko Kanai Platon-teki Ren'ai (, Puraton-teki Ren'ai) 8th (1980) Kunio Shimizu Waga Tamashii wa Kagayaku Mizu Nari () Makiko Mori (JA) Yuki Onna () 9th (1981) Tatsuhiko Shibusawa Karakusa Monogatari () Yasutaka Tsutsui Kyojin-tachi () 10th (1982) Keizo Hino Hōyō ()

11th to 20th Number (Year) Winner Winning Work 11th (1983) Kazuko Saegusa (JA) Onidomo no Yoru wa Fukai () Haku Kohiyama (JA) Hikaru Onna () 12th (1984) Akae Baku Kaikyō () Yakumo ga Koroshita () 13th (1985) Shunzō Miyawaki (JA) Satsui no Fūkei () 14th (1986) Mizuko Masuda Single Seru (, Shinguru Seru) 15th (1987) Yumiko Kurahashi Amanon koku ōkanki () Hideo Asaine (JA) Shūji no Hōrō () 16th (1988) Tsumao Awasaka (JA) Oriduru () Banana Yoshimoto Mūnraito Shadō (Moonlight Shadow, ) 17th (1989) Taka Isawa (JA) Nowaki Sakaba () Aiko KitaharaThere are at least two persons who have the same name. (JA) Fukagawa Mio-dōri Kidobangoya () 18th (1990) Jōkichi Hikage (JA) Doro Kisha () 19th (1991) Enjeru Ui or Angel Ui (JA) Odorō, Maya () 20th (1992) Megumu Sagisawa Kakeru Shōnen () Masahiko Shimada Higan Sensei ()

21st to 30th Number (Year) Winner Winning Work 21st (1993) Michiko Yamamoto Mofuku no Ko () 22nd (1994) (no winning works) 23rd (1995) Akira Tsuji (JA) Yume no Hōi () 24th (1996) Miri Yū Full House ( Furu hausu) Eimi Yamada Animal logic (, Animaru rojikku) 25th (1997) Tomomi Muramatsu Kamakura no Obasan () Natsuhiko Kyōgoku Warau Iemon () 26th (1998) Seiko Tanabe Dōton-bori no ame ni wakarete irai nari - Senryū sakka Kishimoto Suifu to sono jidai () 27th (1999) Tomoko Yoshida Hako no Otto () Suehiro Tanemura Tanemura Suehiro no Neo rabirintosu "Gensō no Erosu" and other work(s) ( Tanemura Suehiro no Neo-Labyrinthos "Gensō no Eros") and other work(s) 28th (2000) Yōko Tawada Hinagiku no Ocha no Baai () 29th (2001) Teruhiko Kuze (JA) Shōshōkan Nichiroku () Shōno Yoriko Yūkai Morimusume? Ibun () 30th (2002) Akiyuki Nosaka "Bundan" oyobi sore ni itaru bungyō () 31st to 40th Number (Year) Winner Winning Work 31st (2003) Saiichi Maruya Kagayaku Hi no Miya () Natsuo Kirino Grotesque (, Gurotesuku) 32nd (2004) Yōko Ogawa Burafuman no Maisō () 33rd (2005) Michiko Ryō (JA) Rakuen no Tori - Karukatta Gensōkyoku () 34th (2006) Kōzaburō Arashiyama Akutō Bashō () 35th (2007) Wahei Tatematsu Dōgen Zenji () Fujio Ōtaka (N/A) Kyōka Koiuta () - (Remark: special award) 36th (2008) Keishi Nagi (JA) Kusa Suberi () and other short stories Tadanori Yokoo Buruu Rando (Blue land ??) () 37th (2009) Akane Chihaya Iogami () 38th (2010) Masahiro Shinoda Kawaramono no susume, shie to shura no kioku () 39th (2011) Jakuchō Setouchi Fūkei () Baku Yumemakura Ōedo Chōkakuden () 40th (2012) Mitsuyo Kakuta Kanata no Ko ()

41st to 50th Number (Year) Winner Winning Work 41st (2013) Ken’ichirō Isozaki (JA) Ōko Raikon () 42nd (2014) Kyōko Nakajima Tsuma ga Shiitake datta Koro () Masayo Koike (JA) Tamamono () 43rd (2015) Mayumi Nagano (JA) Meido ari () Katsuyuki Shinohara (JA) Koppū () 44th (2016) Hiromi Kawakami Ōkina tori ni sarawarenai yō () 45th (2017) Rieko Matsuura Saiai no kodomo () 46th (2018) Yūko Yamao (JA) Tobu Kujaku () 47th (2019) Shin'ya Tanaka (JA) Hiyoko Taiyō () 48th (2020) Nobuko Takagi Shōsetsu Ise Monogatari Narihira () 49th (2021) Kiyoko Murata Ane no Shima () 50th (2022) Fumiko Ōhama (JA) Hidamari no Hate ()

51st to 60th Number (Year) Winner Winning Work 51st (2023) Kaoru Kitamura Mizu, Hon no Shōsetsu () Aki Asahina (JA) Anata no Moeru Hidarite de () 52nd (2024) Maha Harada 板上に咲く MUNAKATA: Beyond Van Gogh

See also List of literary awards

References

Official page: Izumi Kyōka Bungaku-shō