Akutagawa Prize あくたがわりゅうのすけしょう
Edition 108 (1992, held 2 times in year)
Pure literatureNew talent awardShort story / Medium-length story
Winners
1 peopleA novel that relocates the folktale motif of a dog bridegroom into a modern urban setting, shaping it into an unsettling and humorous tale of transformation. Its light narrative voice leads ordinary life into the uncanny.
A folktale shadow enters everyday urban life, and a strange marriage tale begins.
153 pages
interspecies marriagefolktalecitytransformation