Izumi Kyōka Prize for Literature

Izumi Kyōka Prize for Literature (泉鏡花文学賞, Izumi Kyouka Bungaku Shou) is a prize for literature in Japan named for Kyōka Izumi.^[1] It was established and started in 1973 to commemorate the 100th year since the birth of Kyōka Izumi. Kanazawa city, where Izumi was born, organizes this prize.

List of Prize-winning works

First to 10th

• 1st (1973) : Ryō Hanmura Musubi no Yama Hiroku (産霊山秘録, Toshio Moriuchi Tobu Kage (翔ぶ影)
• 2nd (1974) : Hideo Nakai (JA) Akumu no Karuta (悪夢の骨牌)
• 3rd (1975) : Mori Mari Amai Mitsu no Heya (甘い蜜の部屋)
• 4th (1976) : Takako Takahashi Yuuwakusha (誘惑者)
• 5th (1977) : Takehiro Irokawa| Ayashii Raikyakubo (怪しい来客簿), Yūko Tsushima Kusa no Fushido (草の臥所)
• 6th (1978) : Juzou Kara (JA) Hitode, Kappa (海星・河童（ひとで・かっぱ）)
• 7th (1979) : Taku Mayumura Shoumetsu no Kourin (消滅の光輪), Mieko Kanai Platon-teki Ren'ai (プラトン的恋愛, Puraton-teki ren'ai)
• 8th (1980) : Kunio Shimizu (JA) Waga Tamashii wa Kagayaku Mizu Nari (わが魂は輝く水なり), Makiko Mori (JA) Yuki Onna (雪女)
• 9th (1981) : Tatsuhiko Shibusawa Karakusa Monogatari (唐草物語), Yasutaka Tsutsui Kyojin-tachi(虚人たち)
• 10th (1982) : Keizo Hino Houyou (抱擁)

11th to 20th

• 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 Kaikyou (海峡), Yakumo ga Koroshita (八雲が殺した)
• 13th (1985) : Shunzou Miyawaki (JA) Satsui no Fuukei (殺意の風景)
• 14th (1986) : Mizuko Masuda (JA) Single Seru (シングル・セル)
• 15th (1987): Yumiko Kurahashi Amanon koku ôkanki (アマノン国往還記), Hideo Asaine (JA) Shûji no hôrô (シュージの放浪)
• 16th (1988) : Tsumao Awasaka (JA) Oriduru (折鶴), Banana Yoshimoto (JA) Muunraito Shadou (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 (JA) Fukagawa Mio-doori Kidobangoya (深川澪通り木戸番小屋)
• 18th (1990) : Joukichi Hikage (JA) Doro Kisha (泥汽車)
• 19th (1991) : Enjeru Ui or Angel Ui (JA) Odorou, Maya (踊ろう・マヤ)
• 20th (1992) : Megumu Sagisawa (JA) Kakeru Shounen (駆ける少年), Masahiko Shimada (JA) Higan Sensei (彼岸先生)

21st to 30th

• 21st (1993) : Michiko Yoshimoto Mofuku no ko (喪服の子)
• 22nd (1994) : no winning works
• 23rd (1995) : Tsuji Akira 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 Suifu Kishimoto 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" (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 Shōshōkan nichiroku (蕭々館日録), Shōno Yoriko Yūkai morimusume? imon? (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

• 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 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), (special award) Fujio Ōtaka Kyōka koiuta (鏡花恋唄)
• 36th (2008) : Keishi Nagi Kusa suberi (草すべり) and other short stories, Tadanori Yokoo Buruu rando (Blue land ??) (ぶるうらんど)
• 37th (2009) : Chihaya Akane 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)

See also

• List of literary awards

Notes

1. In principle, one work is chosen and awarded. There are exceptions, however.

References

• 泉鏡花文学賞, viewed on January 20, 2011