is an annual award given to distinguished literary works and activities in the sectors literature and art, humanities and social science, natural science, and encyclopedic work, plus a special award. It was founded in 1947 and is sponsored by the Mainichi Newspapers Co., the publishing house of the Mainichi Shimbun.
Recipients (selected)
1947 Literature and art award for Jun'ichirō Tanizaki for Sasameyuki (The Makioka Sisters) Literature and art award for Yuriko Miyamoto for Kazeshirigusa and Harimaheiya
1948 Literature and art award for Michio Takeyama for Biruma no tategoto
1951 Literature and art award for Kōnosuke Hinatsu for Nihon gendaishi taikei
1952 Literature and art award for Hiroshi Noma for Shinkū chitai
1954 Literature and art award for Sue Sumii for Yoru ake asa ake
1955 Literature and art award for Ken Domon for Murō-ji Literature and art award for Shigeharu Nakano for Muragimo
1958 Literature and art award for Shūsaku Endō for Umi to dokuyaku
1959 Literature and art award for Shūgorō Yamamoto for Mominoki wa nokotta Literature and art award for Saisei Murō for Waga aisuru shijin no denki Literature and art award for Junji Kinoshita for Dorama no sekai
1960 Literature and art award for Tomie Ōhara for En to iu onna
1961 Literature and art award for Shōhei Ōoka for Kaei Literature and art award for Tarō Okamoto for Wasurerareta nihon
1962 Literature and art award for Yasunari Kawabata for Nemure bijo (The House of the Sleeping Beauties)
1963 Literature and art award for Kazuo Hirotsu for Nengatsu no ahioto
1964 Literature and art award for Morio Kita for Nireke no hitobito (The House of Nire)
1965 Literature and art award for Haruo Umezaki for Genka
1966 Literature and art award for Junji Kinoshita for Mugenkidō
1967 Literature and art award for Shōtarō Yasuoka for Maku ga orite kara
1968 Literature and art award for Takeshi Kaikō for Kagayakeru yami
1969 Literature and art award for Jūkichi Uno for Shingeki tanoshi kanashi
1972 Literature and art award for Junzō Shōno for Akio to Ryoji
1973 Literature and art award for Akira Abe for Sennen
1974 Literature and art award for Saburō Shiroyama for Rakujitsu moyu Literature and art award for Shin'ichirō Nakamura for Kono hyakunen no shōsetsu
1976 Literature and art award for Hideo Takubo for Kami no wa
1977 Literature and art award for Kenji Nakagami for Karekinada
1978 Literature and art award for Chikao Tanaka for Gekiteki buntairon josetsu
1994 Literature and art award for Hiroyuki Agawa for Shiga Naoya
1995 Literature and art award for Tadao Satō for Nihon eiga-shi
2001 Literature and art award for Taeko Tomioka for Arikuchi Shinobu nōto
2004 Literature and art award for Kazushige Abe for Shinsemia
2005 Literature and art award for Ryū Murakami for Hanto o deyo (From the Fatherland, with Love)
2007 Literature and art award for Shuichi Yoshida for Akunin (Villain)
2009 Literature and art award for Haruki Murakami for 1Q84
2020 Humanities and social science award for Takehiko Kariya for Oitsuita Kindai Keita Kindai (Who killed Japan's Modernity? What Comes after 'Catch-Up?')
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