Akutagawa Prize あくたがわりゅうのすけしょう

Edition 11 (1940)

Pure literatureNew talent awardShort story / Medium-length story

Winners

1 people

Taku Takagi たかぎたく award declined

Taku Takagi's Uta to Mon no Tate is a historical novel about Ōtomo no Yakamochi. It was selected for the eleventh Akutagawa Prize in 1940, but the author declined the award.

A historical novel that looks at ancient poetry and history through the figure of Ōtomo no Yakamochi.

Ōtomo no YakamochiMan'yōshūhistorical fictionancient Japandeclined Akutagawa Prize