Art Encouragement Prize for Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
Edition 19 (1969)
Winners
13 people招魂の賦 is a work by 中谷孝雄 recognized in the context of 芸術選奨. It is valued for the way its subject, form, and period atmosphere connect the author’s concerns with the award’s literary record.
招魂の賦 links 中谷孝雄’s mode of expression with the recognition it received at the time.
小山祐士戯曲全集 is a work by 小山祐士 recognized in the context of 芸術選奨. It is valued for the way its subject, form, and period atmosphere connect the author’s concerns with the award’s literary record.
小山祐士戯曲全集 links 小山祐士’s mode of expression with the recognition it received at the time.
酒中歌 is a work by 石田波郷 recognized in the context of 芸術選奨. It is valued for the way its subject, form, and period atmosphere connect the author’s concerns with the award’s literary record.
酒中歌 links 石田波郷’s mode of expression with the recognition it received at the time.
グリム兄弟 is a work by 高橋健二 recognized in the context of 芸術選奨. It is valued for the way its subject, form, and period atmosphere connect the author’s concerns with the award’s literary record.
グリム兄弟 links 高橋健二’s mode of expression with the recognition it received at the time.
神々の深き欲望 is a work by 今村昌平 recognized in the context of 芸術選奨. It is valued for the way its subject, form, and period atmosphere connect the author’s concerns with the award’s literary record.
神々の深き欲望 links 今村昌平’s mode of expression with the recognition it received at the time.
Kyoko Ito’s concert of Ikuma Dan songs was a vocal recital that deepened the stage presence of postwar Japanese art song. Its value lay in the density of her singing and in the command of language she had developed as an opera singer.
A prize-recognized recital that presented Ikuma Dan’s songs as drama made from voice and language.
Yutaka Shoji’s “Sairei” is a modern dance work that stages the energy of a festival through ensemble movement and bodily form. It links folk rhythm with modern choreographic structure.
A dance work that turns the atmosphere of a festival into movement.
Takeji Iwamiya’s “Kyutei no Niwa” photographs classical courtly spaces and gardens in Kyoto and Nara. It translates the stillness of traditional architecture and gardens into modern photographic form.
A major photographic work that presents old capital gardens with quiet intensity.
The fifth Ogie Royu’s “Kiju Ogie Royu no Kai” was a commemorative performance showing the classical refinement of Ogie-bushi and the performer’s artistic maturity.
A milestone performance that distilled the tradition of Ogie-bushi.
明治百年 is a work by 吉田直哉 recognized in the context of 芸術選奨. It is valued for the way its subject, form, and period atmosphere connect the author’s concerns with the award’s literary record.
明治百年 links 吉田直哉’s mode of expression with the recognition it received at the time.
作曲生活二十周年リサイタル is a work by 吉田正 recognized in the context of 芸術選奨. It is valued for the way its subject, form, and period atmosphere connect the author’s concerns with the award’s literary record.
作曲生活二十周年リサイタル links 吉田正’s mode of expression with the recognition it received at the time.
秋風秋雨人を愁殺す is a work by 武田泰淳 recognized in the context of 芸術選奨. It is valued for the way its subject, form, and period atmosphere connect the author’s concerns with the award’s literary record.
秋風秋雨人を愁殺す links 武田泰淳’s mode of expression with the recognition it received at the time.