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Bungei Award ぶんげいしょう

Edition 20 (1983)

Medium-length novelFull-length novel

Winners

2 people
Koji Wakaichi わかいち こうじ award

A story about a tired woman and an innocent soul who drift through a neon-lit city and come together in the darkness by the sea.

A tired woman and an innocent soul are drawn together in the darkness by the sea.

141 pages
seasideurban lonelinesshuman connectionearly work
Masayo Yamamoto やまもと まさよ award

An award-winning work that portrays the easygoing life of Katsushika Oi in a light Edo-gazetteer style.

It depicts Katsushika Oi’s easygoing life in a light Edo-gazetteer style.

156 pages
Katsushika OiEdo periodbiographical fictionBungei Award