Academy of Middle Ages Literature Prize
ちゅうせいぶんがっかいしょう
Society award to encourage outstanding achievements by young medieval literature researchers.
- Established
- 2018
- Organizer
- Academy of Middle Ages Literature
- Category
- Research, Translation, and Scholarship
- Selection Method
- Recommendation
- Target
- Newcomer
- Frequency
- 1 per year
- Announcement Period
- around June
- Status
- Active
Description
Established by the Academy of Middle Ages Literature from fiscal year 2018 to recognize outstanding research achievements by authors aged 35 or younger among papers published in the journal Medieval Literature in the relevant year, aiming to encourage their future research activities. The age limit may consider research history.
Prize
- Main Prize
- Certificate of commendation and commemorative gift
Selection
Criteria
- Must be a paper included in Medieval Literature issued in the relevant year
- Author must be 35 years old or younger in the year of publication (research history may be considered)
Official Resources
https://www.chusei.org/index.htmlPast Winners
Akimasa Nakano's Chujo-hime keishidandan no shoki keitai. I confirmed it as a journal paper, but could not verify a standalone book edition.
A paper without a confirmed standalone book edition.
A scholarly article on the textual transmission of Gukansho, centered on the character and significance of the Shimabara manuscript. It examines medieval reception through textual notation and binding.
Through textual details, it traces how Gukansho was read in the medieval period.
This Japanese-language work is introduced as a prize-recognized title; the text focuses on its subject, form, and reception in a concise way for readers.
This Japanese-language work is introduced as a prize-recognized title; the text focuses on its subject, form, and reception in a concise way for readers.
A medieval Japanese literature article examining poems based on the twenty-eight chapters of the Lotus Sutra, with particular attention to honkadori, or allusive variation. It reads how a religious text's structure is transferred into waka through techniques of quotation and transformation.
The article reads poems on the Lotus Sutra's twenty-eight chapters through the technique of allusive variation.