Mephisto Award
1 appearances
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Edition 59 (2019) award
Yusho Togami
とがみ ゆうしょう
Togami Yusho
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist, Sumi-e artist
- Active Years
- 2018-
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Mephisto Prize | — | — | Kodansha | 受賞 (第59回) |
| 2020 | Booksellers Award | Sen wa, Boku wo Egaku | — | Booksellers Award Committee | 第3位 |
Mephisto Prize
2018
Organization:
Kodansha
Result:
受賞 (第59回)
Booksellers Award
2020
Work:
Sen wa, Boku wo Egaku
Organization:
Booksellers Award Committee
Result:
第3位
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Sen wa, Boku wo Egaku
2019 Novel, Coming-of-age 322 pagesA coming-of-age novel about university student Sosuke Aoyama, who, after losing his family, is taken on as a disciple by the sumi-e master Kozan Shinoda. Through learning ink painting he confronts grief, heals, and grows while forming new human connections.
Grief and regenerationMentorshipArt and expressionComing-of-age
Adaptations
- [Manga] Sen wa, Boku wo Egaku (Manga adaptation) / 堀内厚徳 (2019)
- [Film] Sen wa, Boku wo Egaku / 小泉徳宏 (2022)
- [Audiobook] Sen wa, Boku wo Egaku (Audiobook) / 白石兼斗 (ナレーター) (2020)
Bibliography
- Sen wa, Boku wo Egaku (The Line Draws Me)
Adaptations
- Manga adaptation (Weekly Shonen Magazine, 2019–2020)
- Film adaptation (2022, dir. Norihiro Koizumi)
- Audiobook (Audible, 2020)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Quiet, delicate descriptionVisual, painterly prose
- Recurring Motifs
- Sumi-e paintingCamelliaThe 'line' motif
Legacy
Noted as a coming-of-age novel centered on sumi-e painting, the work received wide recognition through multimedia adaptations (manga, audiobook, film). Winning the 59th Mephisto Prize raised the author's profile, and the book also received strong support from booksellers.
In Popular Culture
- Film adaptation (2022, starring Ryusei Yokohama)
- Manga serialization (Weekly Shonen Magazine, 2019–2020)
Quotes
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Though rendered in pure black, I feel color. It's crimson—an implacable beauty who repels intimacy.
Source: Sen wa, Boku wo Egaku (2019)
Trivia
- The original manuscript title was '黒白の花蕾' and it won the 59th Mephisto Prize in 2018.
- The hardcover was published by Kodansha in 2019; the bunko (paperback) edition was released in 2021.
- A manga adaptation ran in Weekly Shonen Magazine from 2019 to 2020.
- A film adaptation was released in 2022 starring Ryusei Yokohama and Kaya Kiyohara.