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Kaname Azusawa

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Azusawa Kaname

別名: 永田道子
ペンネーム: Kaname AzusawaPen name; real name is Nagata Michiko.

プロフィール

性別
女性
生誕
1953-07-20 (Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan)
国籍
Japan
言語
Japanese

経歴

職業
Novelist, Historical fiction writer
活動期間
1993年〜
所属
Toyo University Graduate School

学歴

Meiji University
Faculty of Letters / Department of History and Geography (Archaeology major)
国: Japan
Specialized in archaeology
Toyo University Graduate School
Graduate School / Buddhist Studies
期間: 2007年〜
国: Japan
Studied Buddhist studies at the graduate school (enrolled from 2007)

受賞歴

History Literature Prize
1993
対象作品: Kimusume (The Joyful Bride)
主催: History Literature Prize Committee
結果: 受賞
Historical Period Fiction Writers' Club Award
2014
対象作品: Sutetekoso Kuya
部門: 作品賞
主催: Historical Period Fiction Writers' Club
結果: 受賞
Nakayama Yoshihide Literary Prize
2017
対象作品: Unkei: The Rough Buddhist Sculptor
主催: Nakayama Yoshihide Literary Prize Committee
結果: 受賞

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

Kimusume (The Joyful Bride)

1993年 Historical novel

Azusawa's debut, set in ancient times and centering on a female protagonist; it examines personal fate and social constraints with delicate characterization.

womenancient historysociety vs individual

Ashura

1995年 Historical novel

A novel that explores faith and human passions through historical figures, delving into characters' inner lives amid conflict and devotion.

Buddhismfaithhuman drama

One Hundred Leaves of Teika

1998年 Historical novel

An ensemble work centered on the poet Fujiwara no Teika and those around him, portraying the era through poetry and literary life.

waka poetryliterary historyensemble cast

Sutetekoso Kuya

2013年 Historical novel

A historical novel about the medieval religious figure Kuya; it probes faith, salvation, and sacrifice, notable for careful use of historical sources.

Buddhismreligious historysalvation

Unkei: The Rough Buddhist Sculptor

2016年 Historical novel

A historical novel focusing on the medieval sculptor Unkei, portraying the craft, faith, and solitude of an artisan; praised for its integration of historical and art-historical research.

sculptorsart historyartisan solitude

The Solitary Moon of the Abbot (A Biography of Kamo no Chomei)

2019年 Historical biography

A biographical novel on Kamo no Chomei, exploring his life and thoughts with reflections on retreat and solitude.

reclusionmedieval literatureintellectual history

全著作

  • Ashura
  • Kimusume (The Joyful Bride)
  • One Hundred Leaves of Teika
  • Treasures of Shosoin
  • Summer Grass Plain
  • Asobe
  • Tachibana Michiyo
  • Edamame & Soramame
  • Tang Garment (Karaginu)
  • Let There Be Women: Jiro Hoshi
  • Heroines of Japanese History: 100 Women Who Colored the Ages
  • Love, War, Love Wins
  • Yusuraume: Edo Love Longing
  • Echizen Regent: Hideyasu
  • Sutetekoso Kuya
  • Kingdom of Light: Hidehira and Saigyo
  • Unkei: The Rough Buddhist Sculptor
  • The Woman Who Became Castle Lord: Ii Naotora
  • Manyo Love Collection
  • The Mad Painter: Kono Ichi
  • The Solitary Moon of the Abbot (Kamo no Chomei)
  • Register of Splendor: Tofukumon-in Tokugawa Kazuko
  • Aka Akaya: Myoe

作風・主題

文体
meticulous historical reconstructiondelicate interior characterization of womendetailed descriptions of nature and art
頻出モチーフ
womenBuddhism and religionartisans and artiststhe struggles of creationlife in ancient and medieval Japan

評価・遺産

Kaname Azusawa has written many period and historical novels centered on women and is highly regarded for works about sculptors and religious figures. Her intensive use of historical sources and art-historical perspective have deepened portrayals of women in contemporary historical fiction.

関連学会

  • Historical Period Fiction Writers' Club

資料所蔵先

  • National Diet Library (authority record)
  • VIAF (Virtual International Authority File)
  • ISNI (International Standard Name Identifier)

豆知識

  • Real name: Nagata Michiko.
  • Debuted in 1993 after winning the 18th History Literature Prize for "Kimusume."
  • From 2007 studied Buddhist studies at Toyo University Graduate School.
  • Received the Historical Period Fiction Writers' Club Award (2014) and the Nakayama Yoshihide Literary Prize (2017).
  • Many works treat themes of Buddhism and art history.