Chuko Bungakukai Award ちゅうこぶんがっかいしょう
Edition 17 (2024)
Academic Award
Winners
2 peopleA stage work that digs into memory and the body under occupation from a contemporary perspective.
A stage work that digs into memory and the body under occupation from a contemporary perspective.
stagememorybodypostwar
An academic essay examining the awareness behind mansion-name usage in The Tale of Genji, focusing on the Left Minister, Right Minister, and Head Chamberlain households. It organizes how naming choices function across scenes through close reading of the text.
The essay reads the Tale of Genji through differences in how the Left Minister, Right Minister, and Head Chamberlain households are named, linking those choices to character relations and spatial perception.
literary criticismThe Tale of GenjinamingHeian literature