Dazai Osamu Award
1 appearances
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Edition 3 (1967) award
Isshiki Jiro
いっしき じろう
Isshiki Jiro
Pen Names:
Isshiki Jiro（Pen name used primarily for war novels and children's literature）,
Oya Tenichi（Birth name; used for early writings）
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1916-05-01 （Okinoerabu Island, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan）
- Died
- 1988-05-25 age 72
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
- Residence History
- Okinoerabu Island, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan → Kakogawa, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan (migrated for work) → Tokyo, Japan (moved to Tokyo for residence and literary activity)
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist
- Active Years
- 1936-1988
- Influenced By
- Sasaki Shigeji
- Nominations
- Naoki Prize (nominee) 'Fuyu no Tabi' (Winter Journey) — 1949, Naoki Prize (nominee) 'Kogan' — 1961
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kagoshima Elementary / Higher Elementary School (higher course) | — | — | — | 中退 | Japan |
Kagoshima Elementary / Higher Elementary School (higher course)
Period:
中退
Country:
Japan
Left before graduation (withdrew from higher course)
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | Dazai Osamu Prize | Seigenki | — | Chikuma Shobo | 受賞 |
| 1974 | Kikuchi Kan Prize | Tokyo Air Raids and War Damage Chronicle | — | Kikuchi Kan Prize Committee | 受賞 |
| 1975 | Sankei Children's Publishing Culture Award | Sango shō ni Tobidase | — | Sankei Children's Publishing Culture Award Committee | 受賞 |
Dazai Osamu Prize
1967
Work:
Seigenki
Organization:
Chikuma Shobo
Result:
受賞
Kikuchi Kan Prize
1974
Work:
Tokyo Air Raids and War Damage Chronicle
Organization:
Kikuchi Kan Prize Committee
Result:
受賞
Sankei Children's Publishing Culture Award
1975
Work:
Sango shō ni Tobidase
Organization:
Sankei Children's Publishing Culture Award Committee
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Seigenki
1967 NovelA novel depicting war and human conflicts. Award-winning work; adapted into a film in 1973.
warsolitudenostalgia
Adaptations
- [Film] Seigenki (1973)
Tokyo Air Raids and War Damage Chronicle
1973 Non-fictionA compiled chronicle and study of the Tokyo air raids, a work of war-related documentary literature.
warair raidswar damage history
Mashō
1979 NovelA novel exploring inner darkness and human passions; adapted into a television drama in 1984.
human psychologysin and redemptionmorality
Adaptations
- [TV drama] Mashō (1984)
Bibliography
- Sōsakushū (Collected Works, Oya Tenichi) — 1935
- Collected Works of Oya Tenichi (private edition) — 1936
- Onmitsu Satsuma-ai (Oya Tenichi) — 1942
- Kuroshio Tōsō-den (Oya Tenichi) — 1942
- Miyamoto Musashi (children's book) — 1951
- Explorers of the World — 1952
- Sengoku Kaidanji: Nichirin Tarō — 1955
- Fuyu no Tabi (Winter Journey) — 1956
- Kogan — 1961
- Tokyo Air Raids — 1962
- The Sun and the Chains — 1964
- Seigenki — 1967
- Saint Girl of the Sea — 1967
- Hometown Diary: The Course of My Life — 1968
- Canal Street — 1969
- Shūsen Shūgyo — 1969
- The Bell of the North Wind — 1970
- Chronicle of Japan's Air Raids — 1972
- Where the Dead Leaves Shine — 1972
- Diary of the Left Hand — 1973
- The Climate of Love and Life — 1973
- Katsu Kaishū — 1974
- Shadow-Puppet Troupe — 1974
- Sango shō ni Tobidase — 1975
- The Hill's Nightingale — 1975
- Heart of Small Fish — 1977
- Let Stones Speak — 1977
- Mashō — 1979
- Nene-ko of Yoron Island — 1979
- Midnight Rainbow — 1981
- Nanri Boy's Predicament — 1982
- Father, You Were Innocent — 1982
- True Account: Saigō Takamori — 1987
Adaptations
- Seigenki (film adaptation, 1973)
- Mashō (TV drama, 1984, Yomiuri TV)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- realist style focusing on warnarration influenced by children's literatureregional color in descriptions
- Recurring Motifs
- air raids and war damagenostalgiafather-child conflictloneliness and redemption
Legacy
Known for works on war and war damage; awarded the Dazai Osamu Prize in 1967 for Seigenki and the Kikuchi Kan Prize in 1974 for his chronicle of the Tokyo air raids. He also wrote children's literature and was involved in social causes (including death penalty abolition). Local re-evaluations of his work have taken place.
Museums
- Hyōgo Literature Museum (online exhibit) Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan
Archives
- Holdings in the National Diet Library (authority data present)
- Identifiers exist in VIAF / CiNii / WorldCat
In Popular Culture
- Seigenki film adaptation (1973)
- Mashō TV drama (1984, Yomiuri TV)
Trivia
- His father died in prison after being convicted of a crime he claimed to be innocent of.
- He had experience working away from home in Kakogawa.
- He left the higher course of Kagoshima elementary/higher elementary school before graduating.
- He was involved in the movement for abolition of the death penalty.
- Notable works include Seigenki and his chronicle of the Tokyo air raids.