Naoki Sanjugo Award
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Hozumi Miharu
ほづみ みはる
Hozumi Miharu
Pen Names:
Mori Kenji（Real name）
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1912-10-13 （Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan）
- Died
- 1980-01-19 age 67
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
- Residence History
- Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan → Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan (moved 1948)
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist, Theatre troupe member / actor
- Active Years
- 1936-1978
- Influenced By
- Hasegawa Shin
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nagasaki Prefectural Sasebo Commercial School (now Nagasaki Prefectural Sasebo Commercial High School) | — | — | — | — | Japan |
Nagasaki Prefectural Sasebo Commercial School (now Nagasaki Prefectural Sasebo Commercial High School)
Year of Graduation:
1932
Country:
Japan
After graduation he joined the popular theatre troupe led by Umezawa Noboru.
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | Naoki Prize | Katsugarasu | — | Naoki Prize Selection Committee | Co-winner |
| 1957 | Shintaka-kai Prize | Katsugarasu | — | Shintaka-kai | Winner |
Naoki Prize
1957
Work:
Katsugarasu
Organization:
Naoki Prize Selection Committee
Result:
Co-winner
Shintaka-kai Prize
1957
Work:
Katsugarasu
Organization:
Shintaka-kai
Result:
Winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Katsugarasu
1957 Historical novelKoibaka Yakuza
1953 Period / historical fictionShinpen Tenpō Suikoden (Part 1)
1956 Historical novelRōnin Mangetsu
1957 Period / historical fictionSong in the Wind
1978 Historical novel / folkloric elementsBibliography
- Koibaka Yakuza
- Ryū no Me Sugoroku
- Aoni Dōshin
- Hisha Kaku Dōchū
- Koizome Nenryū
- Mangetsu Samurai
- Nakiwarai no Men
- Hebi Shamisen: Mikazuki Shiroji Torimonochō
- Koi Hototogisu
- Shinpen Tenpō Suikoden (Part 1)
- Rōnin Mangetsu
- Katsugarasu
- Aozora Chōshichirō
- Samidare Ken (Sequel to Aozora Chōshichirō)
- Kurotarō Arashi
- Appare Abare-nbō
- Kuchibeni Sanzengoku
- Sono Yoru wa Mangetsu
- Abare Musō
- Hatamoto Burai
- Otoko
- Fūraiun
- Oshidori Nenryū
- Hitokiri Inonosuke
- Sōshi Ichidai
- Tokugawa Uraomote: Three Hundred Years
- Meiji no Koikaze
- Rōnin ga Mon wo Tataita
- Oguri Uenosuke (co-authored)
- Yoneya nite Sōrō
- Takasugi Shinsaku
- Kaze no Naka no Uta: Awadogu Monogatari
- Nekoma Chūnagon (posthumous / other author attribution)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Accessible, popular narrative stylePrimarily historical / period fiction
- Recurring Motifs
- Ronin, swordsmen, hatamoto and samurai figuresHuman dramas set against Bakumatsu / Meiji-period changes
Legacy
He wrote many popular historical and period novels and won the Naoki Prize in 1957. As a historical novelist from Nagasaki, he is regarded as one of the contributors to postwar popular literature in Japan.
Trivia
- Real name: Mori Kenji
- Born in Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture
- Joined a popular theatre troupe in 1932 and studied under Hasegawa Shin
- Moved to Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture in 1948
- Won the Naoki Prize in 1957 for 'Katsugarasu'