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Edogawa Ranpo Award えどがわらんぽしょう

Edition 32 (1986)

Literary awardMystery novel

Winners

5 people
Yoko Yamazaki やまざき ようこ award

A full-length novel that begins with two girls sold into a Yokohama brothel and unfolds into a chain of murders and secrets in an early-Shōwa pleasure quarter. It was published as the winner of the 32nd Edogawa Rampo Award.

In a city of pleasure, desire and death bare their fangs before two girls thrown into its depths.

354 pages
Yokohamabrothel districtserial murderearly Shōwa eraaward-winning fiction
Kisumi Tamatsuka たまつか きすみ nominee

Recorded as a candidate for the 32nd Edogawa Rampo Award, but no standalone book edition could be found after checking Amazon Japan, the NDL, and the publisher's official sources in that order.

No book edition could be confirmed.

candidate worknot book-publishedmystery
Toshiya Ikegami いけがみ としや nominee

Recorded as a candidate for the 32nd Edogawa Rampo Award, but no standalone book edition could be found after checking Amazon Japan, the NDL, and the publisher's official sources in that order.

No book edition could be confirmed.

candidate worknot book-publishedmystery
Yukiharu Takahashi たかはし ゆきはる nominee

The Edogawa Rampo Award candidate work Taiga no Satsui was later retitled and published as Tenno no Fune. It is a mystery that connects incidents in Japan and Brazil while tracing the shadows of Japanese immigrant history.

In its retitled form, memories of migration and the mystery of the case are drawn onto a single line.

381 pages
Japanese immigrant historyJapan and Brazilcrimeretitled workmystery
Toshihiro Ishii いしい としひろ nominee

Recorded as a candidate for the 32nd Edogawa Rampo Award, but no standalone book edition could be found after checking Amazon Japan, the NDL, and the publisher's official sources in that order.

No book edition could be confirmed.

candidate worknot book-publishedmystery