Bungei Award ぶんげいしょう
Edition 20 (1983)
Medium-length novelFull-length novel
Winners
2 peopleA 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
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