Takiji Yuriko Award
1 appearances
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Edition 14 (1982) award
Issho Yamagishi
やまぎし いっしょう
Yamagishi Issho
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1923-05-13 （Tokyo）
- Died
- 1995-09-17 age 72
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
Career
- Occupations
- Writer, Lyricist, Journalist
- Active Years
- 1950-1995
- Affiliations
- Japanese Democratic Literary Alliance
- Memberships
- Japanese Democratic Literary Alliance
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | Takiji-Yuriko Prize | Soaring Mast | — | — | winner |
Takiji-Yuriko Prize
1981
Work:
Soaring Mast
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Silence
1965 NovelAn early novel drawing on his experience as a reporter for Akahata; it depicts human conflicts surrounding silence and accusation.
labor movementcensorshipindividual vs organization
Vietnam
1966 ReportageA reportage based on field reporting in Vietnam shortly before the start of the bombing; it documents the realities of war and civilian life.
waranti-warjournalistic reporting
The Red Moon Rises
1972 NovelA novel based on the anti-rationalization struggle at Japanese National Railways, portraying the solidarity and struggles of workers.
labor movementsolidaritysocial change
Sound the Whistle of Freedom
1974 ReportageA reportage tracing the formation of the National Railway Motive Power Workers' Union; it records on-the-ground union activity and its historical significance.
labor unionsmovement historyon-site documentation
Reverse Flow: Wash My Face
1975 NovelA work inspired by his experience of red purging; it depicts political repression and personal conflict.
political repressionpersonal historylabor movement
Soaring Mast
1981 ReportageAn investigative reportage tracing the activities of the Japanese Communist Party within the prewar military; it uncovers and analyzes historical facts.
historical investigationpoliticsprewar history
Unearthing the Kizaki Dispute
1987 ReportageA reportage documenting the Kizaki village tenant dispute in Niigata; it delves into peasant movements and regional history.
peasant movementregional historylabor disputes
Bibliography
- Silence
- Vietnam
- The Red Moon Rises
- Sound the Whistle of Freedom
- Reverse Flow: Wash My Face
- Soaring Mast
- Unearthing the Kizaki Dispute
- Song of the Ethnic Independence Action Unit (lyrics)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Social reportage-based literatureRealistic, documentary styleWorker-centered perspective
- Recurring Motifs
- workerscommunityoppression and resistancehistorical excavation
Legacy
A representative writer of socially engaged literature focusing on postwar labor and social movements in Japan. He was acclaimed for his investigative reportage into labor and regional history and was awarded the Takiji-Yuriko Prize.
Academic Societies
- Japanese Democratic Literary Alliance
In Popular Culture
- The song 'Minzoku Dokuritsu Koudoutai no Uta' (Song of the Ethnic Independence Action Unit), for which he wrote lyrics, became known through the Utagoe movement.
Trivia
- In 1950 he climbed a factory chimney and staged a siege to protest red purges at his workplace.
- He wrote the lyrics for the 'Song of the Ethnic Independence Action Unit', which became sung in the Utagoe movement.
- After working as a reporter for Akahata, he published the novel 'Silence' in 1965 and began his full-time literary career.