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Art Encouragement Prize for Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology

Edition 17 (1967)

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Winners

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Junnosuke Yoshiyuki よしゆき じゅんのすけ award

星と月は天の穴 is an award-winning work by 吉行淳之介, portraying personal choices and the weight of memory against the atmosphere of its time.

星と月は天の穴 reads the shadows of an era through individual experience.

memorysocietyhuman experience
Junzo Karaki からき じゅんぞう award

A critical essay that considers turning points in Japanese culture and thought through historical consciousness around the Onin War. It illuminates intellectual history from the medieval toward the early modern period in concise, sharp prose.

応仁四語 is a work in which a critical essay that considers turning points in Japanese culture and thought through historical consciousness around the Onin War.

評論historical consciousnessmedieval JapanJapanese culture
Hisue Shimamoto しまもと ひさえ award

明治の女性たち is a critical work by 島本久恵, using figures and texts to examine modern Japanese intellectual history and questions of expression.

A critical work that reads modern figures and literary questions from a reflective perspective.

memorysocietyhuman experience
Kataoka Nizaemon かたおか にざえもん award

A performance in a representative wagoto kabuki play. With softness of feeling and dignity, the acting brings out the nuances of love and the world of the pleasure quarters on stage.

廓文章 is a work in which a performance in a representative wagoto kabuki play.

kabukiwagotoloveclassical performing arts
Tomotaka Tasaka たさか ともたか award

湖の琴 is an award-recognized work by 田坂具隆, valued as an expression in performance, film, or visual art beyond the scope of a conventional book.

An awarded work valued as an artistic expression rather than as a standalone book.

performanceartistic expressionpostwar culture
Hiroshi Wakasugi わかすぎ ひろし award

Conducting achievements in opera and ballet performances. The musical direction supports the dramatic flow of classic works and brings together the tension and lyricism of the stage.

ポッペアの戴冠、ロメオとジュリエット is a work in which conducting achievements in opera and ballet performances.

conductingoperaballetperforming arts
Han Takehara たけばら はん award

一代さらい会 is an award-recognized work by 武原はん, valued as an expression in performance, film, or visual art beyond the scope of a conventional book.

An awarded work valued as an artistic expression rather than as a standalone book.

performanceartistic expressionpostwar culture
Masuo Ikeda いけだ まさお award

An artwork shaped by Masuo Ikeda's printmaking sensibility. It layers summer brightness with the uncertainty of dreams, creating a fantastic impression through light lines and imagery.

夏の夢 is a work in which an artwork shaped by Masuo Ikeda's printmaking sensibility.

artprintmakingsummerfantasy
赤池友哉 あかいけ ともや award

A craft work centered on a tea caddy form. Its low, calm shape condenses the texture of the material and the precision of lacquer technique.

平棗 is a work in which a craft work centered on a tea caddy form.

craftlacquerwaretea utensilform
Wakadayu Toyotake じゅうだいめ とよたけ わかだゆう award

A performance achievement in classic gidayu-bushi repertoire. Through voice, it brings out the passions of the characters and the tension of each scene, demonstrating the high art of bunraku tradition.

奥州安達原、絵本太功記 is a work in which a performance achievement in classic gidayu-bushi repertoire.

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