Shinmura Izuru Award
1 appearances
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Edition 14 (1995) award
Kenji Sakai
さかい けんじ
Sakai Kenji
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1928-01-15 （Kawashima, Kitanakayama Village, Imadate District, Fukui Prefecture, Japan (now Kawashima, Sabae)）
- Died
- 2012-11-28 age 84
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
- Residence History
- Fukui Prefecture (birth) → Tokyo (education and early career) → Yamanashi Prefecture (faculty at Yamanashi Women's Junior College) → Den-en-chofu, Tokyo (Den-en Chofu Gakuen)
Career
- Occupations
- linguist (Japanese language), Japanese literature scholar, teacher, university professor, editor, researcher
- Active Years
- 1950-2012
- Affiliations
- Tokyo Metropolitan Komatsugawa High School (evening division), Yamanashi Prefectural Women's Junior College (lecturer), College of Library Science (associate professor), Library and Information Science University (now University of Tsukuba graduate school) professor, Nihon University (lecturer), Den-en Chofu Gakuen Women's Junior College (professor, president, professor emeritus), Toyo Bunko (research fellow)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fukui Normal School | — | — | — | — | Japan |
| Nihon University, College of Humanities and Sciences, Department of Japanese Literature (evening division) | College of Humanities and Sciences | Department of Japanese Literature | 学士 | — | Japan |
| Nihon University (PhD in Literature) | — | — | 文学博士 | — | Japan |
Fukui Normal School
Country:
Japan
Nihon University, College of Humanities and Sciences, Department of Japanese Literature (evening division)
College of Humanities and Sciences
/ Department of Japanese Literature
Degree:
学士
Country:
Japan
Graduated top of his class
Nihon University (PhD in Literature)
Degree:
文学博士
Year of Graduation:
1990
Country:
Japan
PhD awarded for thesis on the formation and source-values of Kōyō Gunkan
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Shinmura Izuru Prize | Kōyō Gunkan Taisei (Complete edition, 4 vols.) | — | Shinmura Izuru commemorative organization | 受賞 |
| 1995 | Yamanashi Literary Prize | Kōyō Gunkan Taisei (Complete edition, 4 vols.) | — | Yamanashi Literary Prize Committee | 受賞 |
| 2004 | Medal with Small Purple Ribbon (Order of the Sacred Treasure, Gold and Silver Rays) | — | — | Government of Japan | 叙勲 |
Shinmura Izuru Prize
1995
Work:
Kōyō Gunkan Taisei (Complete edition, 4 vols.)
Organization:
Shinmura Izuru commemorative organization
Result:
受賞
Yamanashi Literary Prize
1995
Work:
Kōyō Gunkan Taisei (Complete edition, 4 vols.)
Organization:
Yamanashi Literary Prize Committee
Result:
受賞
Medal with Small Purple Ribbon (Order of the Sacred Treasure, Gold and Silver Rays)
2004
Organization:
Government of Japan
Result:
叙勲
Awards & Nominations
Kyushu Saga Popular Literature Award
1 appearances
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Edition 5 (1998) encouragement award
Works
Major Works
Kōyō Gunkan Taisei (Complete Edition, 4 vols.)
1994 historical source compilation / historiographyA four-volume critical edition of the Sengoku-period military chronicle Kōyō Gunkan, including facsimiles, annotations, and commentary. Sakai's scholarship challenged prevailing theories that the work was a later forgery.
textual criticismSengoku period historyannotated edition
Adaptations
- [Film (live-action adaptation of work's accounts)] Nobutora (based on accounts from Kōyō Gunkan) (2021)
An Old Japanese-Language Teacher's 'Picking Up the Scattered Grapes of the Character 喜'
2004 essays / Japanese language educationA collection of essayistic pieces reflecting on long experience in language education and philology, covering language, pedagogy, and classroom memories.
language educationlinguistic observationmemoir
Bibliography
- Uta Ne: Text and Index (with Kasumi Tsugita), Kasama Shoin, 1976
- Kōyō Gunkan Taisei (Complete Edition, 4 vols.), ed., Kyuko Shoin, 1994-1995
- Kōyō Gunkan Taisei Vols.5-7 (Facsimile vols.), Kyuko Shoin, 1997-1998
- Jitsugyo-kyō Dōjikyō: Research and Facsimile (ed.), Sanseido, 1999
- Kōyō Gunkan: Collation and Notes, Prefatory Volume (ed.), Bensei Publishing, 2013
- Shinmeikai Kokugo Jiten, 6th ed. (co-editor), Sanseido, 2005
- An Old Japanese-Language Teacher's 'Picking Up the Scattered Grapes of the Character 喜', Kasama Shoin, 2004
Adaptations
- Film 'Nobutora' (live-action adaptation based on accounts in Kōyō Gunkan; film dedicated to Kenji Sakai)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- scholarly, annotation-focused prosecalm, source-critical exposition
- Recurring Motifs
- scrutiny of sourcesreexamination of Sengoku historycollation and facsimile publishing
Legacy
As a leading scholar on Kōyō Gunkan, he produced critical editions and collation work that overturned theories of forgery, demonstrating the importance of source criticism in Japanese philology and literature studies. He also contributed to practical works such as dictionary editing. The film 'Nobutora' was dedicated to him.
In Popular Culture
- His scholarship is acknowledged in popular culture, such as the dedication in the film 'Nobutora'.
Trivia
- His publication of Kōyō Gunkan Taisei overturned previous claims that the work was a forgery.
- The 2021 film 'Nobutora' is based on accounts from Kōyō Gunkan and is dedicated to Kenji Sakai.