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

Edition 19 (1969)

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Winners

13 people
Takao Nakatani なかたに たかお award

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.

230 pages
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Yushi Koyama こやま ゆうし award

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.

523 pages
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Hagyo Ishida いしだ はぎょう award

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.

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Kenji Takahashi たかはし けんじ award

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.

197 pages
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Shohei Imamura いまむら しょうへい award

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.

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Ito Kyoko いとう きょうこ award

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.

Japanese art songvocal performanceIkuma Danrecital
庄司裕 しょうじ ゆたか award

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.

modern dancefestivalphysical expressionensemble movement
Ken'yuki Ushijima うしじま けんゆき award
Takeji Iwamiya いわみや たけじ award

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.

320 pages
photographygardensold capitalsJapanese art
Royu Ogie ごだいめ おぎえ ろゆう award

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.

Ogie-bushiclassical performing artscommemorative performancesong
Naoya Yoshida よしだ なおや award

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.

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Tadashi Yoshida よしだ ただし award

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.

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Takeda Taijun たけだ たいじゅん award

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.

254 pages
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