A stage work exploring war and the body, revealing tension within performance space. Moving between historical materials and theatrical expression, it rethinks individual responsibility.

The weight of occupation history enters the interior of the performance.

A work that connects a historical figure to contemporary stage expression while balancing storytelling and physical performance. Its reinterpretation of legend comes alive on stage.

Rather than reproducing legend as-is, it reassembles it into a new image on stage.

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A work confirmed as part of the Arts Encouragement Prize selections.

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A work confirmed as part of the Arts Encouragement Prize selections.

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A work confirmed as part of the Arts Encouragement Prize selections.

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A work confirmed as part of the Arts Encouragement Prize selections.

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A work confirmed as part of the Arts Encouragement Prize selections.

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A work confirmed as part of the Arts Encouragement Prize selections.

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A work confirmed as part of the Arts Encouragement Prize selections.

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A work confirmed as part of the Arts Encouragement Prize selections.

A catalog that records a large-scale installation while capturing the instability of being as form. It is composed to include the exhibition’s space and atmosphere as part of the work.

It conveys not only the works themselves but also the vibration of the exhibition space.

An installation crossing body, image, and sound to unsettle the boundary between memory and viewing experience. It rearranges the placement of sensation within space.

The meaning of the work keeps shifting depending on where the viewer stands.

A work that considers creation and spatial composition premised on chance from an architectural perspective. It reexamines the boundary between design and improvisation.

Designing for chance becomes the core of the work.

A project-like work that combines direction and participatory experience to make the ending of a festival itself the subject. Local specificity and playfulness are both foregrounded.

Bringing the festival to an end is reframed as the beginning of another game.

A work that captures the contours and transformations of living things through animation line and motion. It combines a childlike perspective with inventive form.

Undulating soft lines leave a strong impression of life’s form.

A documentary that digs into the structure of wrongful accusation through the overlap of police institutions and media coverage. Its structure powerfully conveys the tension of the field.

Through the lens of reporting, distortions inside the organization come into view.

A screenplay for a morning drama that depicts character growth and the atmosphere of an era through intimate dialogue. It has the rhythm needed to support a long-serial structure.

Layered dialogue creates the thickness of time around the characters.

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A work confirmed as part of the Arts Encouragement Prize selections.

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A work confirmed as part of the Arts Encouragement Prize selections.

This is treated as a work recognized in the Arts Encouragement Prizes by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. The official announcement can be confirmed, but no standalone-book bibliographic identifier is fixed within this worker’s scope, so the identifiers are left blank.

A work confirmed as part of the Arts Encouragement Prize selections.

This is treated as a work recognized in the Arts Encouragement Prizes by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. The official announcement can be confirmed, but no standalone-book bibliographic identifier is fixed within this worker’s scope, so the identifiers are left blank.

A work confirmed as part of the Arts Encouragement Prize selections.

This is treated as a work recognized in the Arts Encouragement Prizes by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. The official announcement can be confirmed, but no standalone-book bibliographic identifier is fixed within this worker’s scope, so the identifiers are left blank.

A work confirmed as part of the Arts Encouragement Prize selections.

This is treated as a work recognized in the Arts Encouragement Prizes by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. The official announcement can be confirmed, but no standalone-book bibliographic identifier is fixed within this worker’s scope, so the identifiers are left blank.

A work confirmed as part of the Arts Encouragement Prize selections.

A serialized morning drama set in post-disaster Miyagi, tracing the protagonist's growth as weather and daily life intersect.

A story that looks again at the distance between people and society through weather.

A prize-winning work centered on Fujii Kaze's “Kirari” and “Moeyo,” notable for its pop-song energy and lightness.

A set of songs with a bright forward drive that pushes everyday life onward.

An accessibility platform that connects screenings, learning, and research so people can engage with performing arts regardless of disability or setting.

A practice for delivering performing arts in a more open way.

"殺意 ストリップショウ" is a 受賞 work from the Art Encouragement Newcomer Award of the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology 2021-1. It stands out for its distinctive premise and atmosphere.

A 受賞 work from Art Encouragement Newcomer Award of the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology 2021-1.

"セノーテ" is a 受賞 work from the Art Encouragement Newcomer Award of the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology 2021-1. It stands out for its distinctive premise and atmosphere.

A 受賞 work from Art Encouragement Newcomer Award of the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology 2021-1.

"読売日本交響楽団第603回定期演奏会" is a 受賞 work from the Art Encouragement Newcomer Award of the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology 2021-1. It stands out for its distinctive premise and atmosphere.

A 受賞 work from Art Encouragement Newcomer Award of the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology 2021-1.

"椀久色神送 松山" is a 受賞 work from the Art Encouragement Newcomer Award of the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology 2021-1. It stands out for its distinctive premise and atmosphere.

A 受賞 work from Art Encouragement Newcomer Award of the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology 2021-1.

"ポラリスが降り注ぐ夜" is a 受賞 work from the Art Encouragement Newcomer Award of the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology 2021-1. It stands out for its distinctive premise and atmosphere.

A 受賞 work from Art Encouragement Newcomer Award of the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology 2021-1.

"エキソニモ アン・デッド・リンク" is a 受賞 work from the Art Encouragement Newcomer Award of the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology 2021-1. It stands out for its distinctive premise and atmosphere.

A 受賞 work from Art Encouragement Newcomer Award of the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology 2021-1.

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"STRAY SHEEP" is a 受賞 work from the Art Encouragement Newcomer Award of the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology 2021-1. It stands out for its distinctive premise and atmosphere.

A 受賞 work from Art Encouragement Newcomer Award of the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology 2021-1.

"シアターコモンズ'20" is a 受賞 work from the Art Encouragement Newcomer Award of the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology 2021-1. It stands out for its distinctive premise and atmosphere.

A 受賞 work from Art Encouragement Newcomer Award of the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology 2021-1.

"帝室劇場とバレエ・リュス" is a 受賞 work from the Art Encouragement Newcomer Award of the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology 2021-1. It stands out for its distinctive premise and atmosphere.

A 受賞 work from Art Encouragement Newcomer Award of the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology 2021-1.

"鬼滅の刃" is a 受賞 work from the Art Encouragement Newcomer Award of the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology 2021-1. It stands out for its distinctive premise and atmosphere.

A 受賞 work from Art Encouragement Newcomer Award of the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology 2021-1.

A near-future stage play set in the virtual world called the Nether, probing the boundary between desire and ethics.

In a virtual world where desire is permitted, the fragility of ethics is exposed.

A film about a man trying to leave gambling behind and start over in Ishinomaki, only to be pulled into a darker chain of events.

A man who vows to start over is shaken by an absurd and cruel fate.

A Japan performance by the Netherlands Bach Society Orchestra under music director Shunske Sato.

Recognized as a Japan performance by a leading early-music ensemble.

The stage achievement of the New National Theatre’s production of Swan Lake, a ballet that preserves classical dignity while sharpening the stage image.

It keeps its dignity while leaving a strong impression with its refined visual palette.

A story of renewal and collapse set in Ishinomaki, recognized as part of director Kazuya Shiraishi’s film work.

Small cracks accumulate until something irreversible happens.

An art book and exhibition catalog compiled for Aiko Miyanaga’s solo exhibition at Takamatsu Art Museum.

Using the idea of “rowing style” as a key, it looks at a world that keeps changing.

A psychological suspense story that examines the light and shadow of family through a lay-judge trial.

The mother who killed her beloved daughter could be me.

An entertainment performance series at the National Theatre, recognized for its work in rakugo, manzai, and related performing arts.

A recurring performance that showcases the next generation of comic entertainers.

An art project for dialogue launched by Akira Takayama in the wake of the Aichi Triennale controversy.

It turned phone answering itself into art and opened a place for dialogue.

A cultural-geography study that reads the Etchu Owara Kaze no Bon festival through folklore and local society.

It asks what a “song town” really is.

A comic about a single woman who enters a romance while pretending to be married, wavering between lies and truth.

Without a lie, she feels she can no longer fall in love.

Antigone was a stage production featuring Yu Aoi, bringing Sophocles' tragedy into contemporary bodily expression. The award recognized a theatrical performance, not a standalone book.

A performance that drew the questions of classical tragedy into the present through body and voice.

Hard-Core is a film directed by Nobuhiro Yamashita. The award recognized the director's screen work, and identifiers from source or related books cannot be used as identifiers for the awarded work.

A film that observes outsiders with strange humor and a dry gaze.

Dai Fujikura: Portrait Concert was a music program devoted to the composer's work. The award recognized a musical activity and performance, not a published book.

A concentrated portrait-style presentation of contemporary musical sound.

Naginata Yashima is a performed work associated with Anjuko Inoue's traditional stage art. The award recognized achievement in performance, not a published book.

A performance that shows tension and craft on stage while grounded in classical form.

Asia in the Mirror is a collection of fantastical stories set in places including Tibet, Taiwan, Kyoto, India, and Malaysia, where the memory of place and the power of language intertwine. It reflects real Asian landscapes while leaving the uncanny feeling of inside and outside reversing like a mirror.

The memory of place and the sound of language raise another Asia inside the mirror.

Water Garden is an architectural and landscape work by Junya Ishigami, known for arranging many trees and water surfaces to unsettle the boundary between nature and artifice. The awarded work is architecture, not a book.

Using water and trees, it creates a new landscape between nature and artifice.

Unnatural is a television drama written by Akiko Nogi. Set at an institute investigating unnatural deaths, it treats forensic inquiry, work, social issues, and human dignity as compelling entertainment. The awarded work is a script and broadcast drama, not a book.

A story about finding causes of death illuminates the unnaturalness of the society of the living.

Hatsukoi is an album by Hikaru Utada, received as a set of songs that quietly but intensely address loss, love, and maturity after the years following her debut. The awarded work is a music album, not a book.

An album that crystallizes loss and love into mature pop songs.

Yomichi ni Hi wa Kurenai is an awarded artistic and performance practice by Naoki Sugawara. It is treated as a theatrical practice involving older people and community contexts, not as a standalone literary book.

A practice that slowly raises community and bodily memory within performance.

Life and Works of Tsukioka Yoshitoshi: Between the Bakumatsu and Meiji Periods is a scholarly study tracing the life and work of the ukiyo-e artist Tsukioka Yoshitoshi. Through documentary research and close analysis, it reconsiders an artist often reduced to images of blood-soaked prints.

It redraws the last ukiyo-e master as a living figure through documents and analysis.

Shuta Hasunuma: ing is a music and sound project by Shuta Hasunuma. As the title suggests, it treats the relations among sound, body, and space as something in motion.

A sound practice that rearranges music and space while keeping them in motion.

A stage work written and directed by Roba Shimori. Set in a sanitary product development office, it follows women working on a new product as they confront the body, labor, gender, and minority issues. Based on extensive research, it turns the development of an everyday item into an ensemble drama about social structures.

From a meeting room where sanitary products are designed, the lives of women and the biases of society come into view.

A film directed by Yoshiyuki Kishi, reimagining Shuji Terayama’s novel in contemporary Shinjuku. Shinji, played by Masaki Suda, and Barikan, played by Yang Ik-june, confront loneliness, violence, friendship, and love through boxing.

In a neon wilderness, two lonely men try to fill the void within themselves through their fists.

A public concert and selection event for the Akutagawa Award for Music Composition, organized by the Suntory Foundation for the Arts. The twenty-seventh edition presented candidate works and a public jury session, conducted by Yoichi Sugiyama, offering contemporary works to listeners while assessing their future promise.

A forum for contemporary music where performance and public selection are joined.

The New National Theatre Ballet’s production of Roland Petit’s Coppélia. Yudai Fukuoka appeared as Franz and was praised for elegance and deep understanding of the role, helping lift the whole performance. The ballet presents the classic doll tale as a modern story of love and life.

Within Roland Petit’s stylish staging, the lightness of Franz’s role helped drive the stage.

A story collection whose title piece follows a narrator who survived being buried alive in the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake and, twenty years later, confronts the memory of a lost girl through a reunion with an old friend. Against the backdrop of disasters, terrorism, and the expanded viewpoint of the internet age, it asks how people name the world and preserve relationships.

An unforgettable loss takes on a different outline through a reunion twenty years later.

Takahiro Iwasaki’s solo exhibition at the Japan Pavilion for the 57th International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia. Through delicate landscape models made from everyday and fragile materials and a reversal of viewpoint from beneath the floor, it formed an installation that unsettled familiar scenery and values.

Looking up from beneath the pavilion reverses the very viewpoint from which landscape is seen.

This television drama follows Oei, the daughter of Katsushika Hokusai, as she continues to paint in the shadow of her father's overwhelming genius. Based on Makate Asai's novel, it condenses light and shadow, father-daughter tension, and a woman's artistic independence into a single drama.

Beside the dazzling light of Hokusai, Oei turns her own shadow into painting.

This project is tied to a commemorative rakugo performance and album marking a milestone in Hakushu Togetsuan's career. It presents classical rakugo with timing and pace that reach contemporary audiences, balancing sharp prefatory talk with polished storytelling.

In an anniversary year, Hakushu's classical rakugo rises through light poison and assured craft.

This is Midori Kubota's practice of Hyogen Miman through Creative Support Let's. It creates a place where the daily actions and intense interests of people with intellectual disabilities are received not as things that fall outside systems, but as sources of culture and expression.

An experiment that opens gestures before expression into questions about society and art.

This critical study rereads postwar literature by Taijun Takeda, Kenzaburo Oe, and Nobuo Kojima through animal representation and ethics toward others. It questions the familiar postwar ideal of restoring humanity and subjectivity, and uncovers the ethical problems literature still carries through violence against beings cast as animals.

From the animal voices heard in postwar literature, the book rethinks human-centered ethics.

A participatory art project led by Ei Wada that revives obsolete appliances as electronic instruments and builds orchestras and festivals with collaborators. Cathode-ray televisions, fans, ventilators, and other devices are transformed into instruments, turning technological memory into a festival of sound and bodies.

Old appliances are not waste; they begin to sound again as undiscovered electromagnetic instruments.

Kenji Urai was recognized for his performance in the stage production Henry IV, based on Shakespeare's history plays. The work depicts political conflict around the crown, father-son tension, and Prince Hal's growth; the award honored the stage performance and actor's achievement, not a book edition.

A wayward prince is tested by civil conflict and his father's shadow as he grows toward kingship.

Koji Fukada's feature film follows a small family metalworking shop whose daily life begins to unravel after an old acquaintance of the husband appears. With restrained direction, it depicts guilt and estrangement hidden inside an intimate household.

Until that man appeared, the family believed it could remain a family.

A cycle of Mahler symphonies conducted by Kazuki Yamada with the Japan Philharmonic Orchestra. The project built up these large-scale, spiritually charged works through the concentration of a young conductor and his sustained relationship with the orchestra.

A series in which conductor and orchestra sustained a long engagement with Mahler's vast sound world.

A New National Theatre Ballet production of Kenneth MacMillan's Romeo and Juliet in the 2016/2017 season. As Juliet, Yui Yonezawa conveyed the heroine's movement through love, conflict, and death with detailed physical expression.

On a wordless stage, Juliet's emotions emerge through the body.

A coming-of-age novel about Jini, a Korean Japanese girl searching for a place between Japan and Korean school, past and present, language and body. Set against the social tension of 1998, it portrays a voice trying to survive discrimination and anger.

Between two languages and worlds, Jini rebuilds the outline of who she is.

The Estonian National Museum, designed with Tsuyoshi Tane as part of DGT., is a cultural facility that incorporates the memory of a former Soviet military runway into its architecture. Rather than erasing the site's history, its long roof and exhibition spaces connect national memory with the future.

The memory of a runway is transformed into architecture that holds a nation's story.

An NHK drama that interweaves Tetsuko Kuroyanagi's life with the early history of television. Tsuyoshi Inoue reconstructs real entertainment history with a light narrative touch and musical direction, opening the memory of television to contemporary viewers.

The excitement of television's early days returns as a drama of music and memory.

A solo stage series by the manzai duo Knights. Nobuyuki Hanawa's rapid blend of current affairs, entertainment references, and wordplay, matched with Nobuyuki Tsuchiya's precise responses, renews a classic manzai form for the present.

Misstatements and topical references become stage comedy through precise comic response.

A solo stage series by the manzai duo Knights. Nobuyuki Hanawa's jokes built on verbal slippage combine with Nobuyuki Tsuchiya's skill as a listener, producing dense rhythms and information-rich comedy.

The duo's timing turns verbal slippage into stage velocity.

An interactive installation by teamLab in which digital koi respond to visitors walking through water. The koi trace lines across the surface and turn into flowers when they encounter people, making the viewer's actions part of the work.

The movement of people through water generates the paths of koi and the transformation of flowers.

A substantial study that rereads the films of Kenji Mizoguchi across film history, aesthetics, politics, gender studies, and media theory. Through long takes, vertical composition, censorship records, and shooting scripts, it analyzes the modernity and politics opened by Mizoguchi's cinema.

By closely reading Mizoguchi's shots and archival materials, the book reconsiders how cinema reflects history and politics.

Yuko Mohri's solo exhibition Pleated Image used scanners, light, and mechanisms of movement to show images being folded, disturbed, and generated. Mechanical devices and chance intersect, prompting viewers to reconsider how visible images come into being.

Folded images acquire new appearances through mechanical motion and chance.

烏頭、姨捨など is an award-recognized work by 成田達志. This record separates the work's award identity from any bibliographic identifiers that could not be confirmed for a standalone book edition.

烏頭、姨捨など by 成田達志 is a work to revisit through the context of its award recognition.

ハッピーアワー is an award-recognized work by 濱口竜介. This record separates the work's award identity from any bibliographic identifiers that could not be confirmed for a standalone book edition.

ハッピーアワー by 濱口竜介 is a work to revisit through the context of its award recognition.

中村恵理 ソプラノ・リサイタル is an award-recognized work by 中村恵理. This record separates the work's award identity from any bibliographic identifiers that could not be confirmed for a standalone book edition.

中村恵理 ソプラノ・リサイタル by 中村恵理 is a work to revisit through the context of its award recognition.

山村光リサイタル is an award-recognized work by 山村光. This record separates the work's award identity from any bibliographic identifiers that could not be confirmed for a standalone book edition.

山村光リサイタル by 山村光 is a work to revisit through the context of its award recognition.

この世にたやすい仕事はない is an award-recognized work by 津村記久子. This record separates the work's award identity from any bibliographic identifiers that could not be confirmed for a standalone book edition.

この世にたやすい仕事はない by 津村記久子 is a work to revisit through the context of its award recognition.

1∞ミナカケル is an award-recognized work by 皆川明. This record separates the work's award identity from any bibliographic identifiers that could not be confirmed for a standalone book edition.

1∞ミナカケル by 皆川明 is a work to revisit through the context of its award recognition.

奥底の悲しみ〜戦後70年、引揚げ者の記録〜 is an award-recognized work by 佐々木聰. This record separates the work's award identity from any bibliographic identifiers that could not be confirmed for a standalone book edition.

奥底の悲しみ〜戦後70年、引揚げ者の記録〜 by 佐々木聰 is a work to revisit through the context of its award recognition.

定例三三独演 is an award-recognized work by 柳家三三. This record separates the work's award identity from any bibliographic identifiers that could not be confirmed for a standalone book edition.

定例三三独演 by 柳家三三 is a work to revisit through the context of its award recognition.

より良い観劇システムの構築に向けて、今できること is an award-recognized work by 廣川麻子. This record separates the work's award identity from any bibliographic identifiers that could not be confirmed for a standalone book edition.

より良い観劇システムの構築に向けて、今できること by 廣川麻子 is a work to revisit through the context of its award recognition.

九相図を読む 朽ちてゆく死体の美術史 is an award-recognized work by 山本聡美. This record separates the work's award identity from any bibliographic identifiers that could not be confirmed for a standalone book edition.

九相図を読む 朽ちてゆく死体の美術史 by 山本聡美 is a work to revisit through the context of its award recognition.

スティーブ・ジョブズ is an award-recognized work by ヤマザキマリ. This record separates the work's award identity from any bibliographic identifiers that could not be confirmed for a standalone book edition.

スティーブ・ジョブズ by ヤマザキマリ is a work to revisit through the context of its award recognition.

A Noh performance by Katayama Kurouemon. It draws the tension of the classical play into a contemporary stage presence, using chant, form, and timing to show obsession and release.

Recorded as an award-recognized artistic work rather than a standalone book.

A film directed by Mipo Oh. Set in Hakodate, it depicts wounded people, poverty, violence, and love through hard-edged realism. Although based on a novel, the award recognized the film direction.

Recorded as an award-recognized artistic work rather than a standalone book.

A performance series centered on Tsuyoshi Shinnai and shinnai-bushi. It balances the inheritance of Edo-period narrative song and shamisen with expression that reaches present-day audiences.

Recorded as an award-recognized artistic work rather than a standalone book.

A dance work by Un Yamada. Through repeated movement, ensemble work, and spatial composition, it turns images of night and the moon into abstract contemporary dance.

Recorded as an award-recognized artistic work rather than a standalone book.

The second haiku collection by Kansen Naka. Moving between everyday details and associations with ancient civilizations, it brings a wide sense of time into the brevity of haiku through wit and critical observation.

From moments of daily life, the haiku leap toward the time of megalithic civilization.

An architectural work by Tadashi Saito. By shifting away from conventional housing forms, it turns incompleteness and open margins in everyday life into architectural value.

Recorded as an award-recognized artistic work rather than a standalone book.

A television drama directed by Tadashi Tanaka. Against the background of the Ashio Copper Mine pollution incident, it follows a woman from Yanaka village as she gains her own voice through encounters with activists and intellectuals.

Recorded as an award-recognized artistic work rather than a standalone book.

A solo rakugo performance marking Kichiya Katsuras twentieth year as a storyteller. It preserves the structure of classical rakugo while drawing listeners in through character, breath, and timing.

Recorded as an award-recognized artistic work rather than a standalone book.

A project associated with Kanayo Ueda and Kamagasaki University of the Arts. Through open classes, poetry, expression, and dialogue, it turns a socially marginalized place into a site of learning and art.

Recorded as an award-recognized artistic work rather than a standalone book.

A critical study of the intersection between Meiji literature and art. It examines how novelists saw and wrote about painting, nudes, expositions, and antiques, clarifying the relationship between modern Japanese visual culture and literary expression.

What did Meiji writers put into words through the eye of painting?

A manga series by Masashi Kishimoto. Set in a world of shinobi, it follows a lonely boys growth, friendship, inheritance, and battles across a long serialization, recognized in media arts around the time of its conclusion.

Recorded as an award-recognized artistic work rather than a standalone book.

エドワード二世 is an award-recognized work by 森新太郎. The bibliographic review is based on the title recorded in the award data and keeps publication identifiers separate from magazine or submission records.

A work recorded as an award-recognized title by 森新太郎.

舟を編む is an award-recognized work by 石井裕也. The bibliographic review is based on the title recorded in the award data and keeps publication identifiers separate from magazine or submission records.

A work recorded as an award-recognized title by 石井裕也.

ベートーヴェン ピアノ・ソナタ全曲演奏会シリーズ is an award-recognized work by 小菅優. The bibliographic review is based on the title recorded in the award data and keeps publication identifiers separate from magazine or submission records.

A work recorded as an award-recognized title by 小菅優.

かしく道成寺 is an award-recognized work by 猿若清三郎. The bibliographic review is based on the title recorded in the award data and keeps publication identifiers separate from magazine or submission records.

A work recorded as an award-recognized title by 猿若清三郎.

すずめ is an award-recognized work by 藤島秀憲. The bibliographic review is based on the title recorded in the award data and keeps publication identifiers separate from magazine or submission records.

A work recorded as an award-recognized title by 藤島秀憲.

米田知子　暗なきところで逢えれば is an award-recognized work by 米田知子. The bibliographic review is based on the title recorded in the award data and keeps publication identifiers separate from magazine or submission records.

A work recorded as an award-recognized title by 米田知子.

日本人は何をめざしてきたのか 第2回 水俣〜戦後復興から公害へ〜 is an award-recognized work by 吉崎健. The bibliographic review is based on the title recorded in the award data and keeps publication identifiers separate from magazine or submission records.

A work recorded as an award-recognized title by 吉崎健.

NANA MIZUKI LIVE CIRCUS 2013 揺れる大地 is an award-recognized work by 水樹奈々. The bibliographic review is based on the title recorded in the award data and keeps publication identifiers separate from magazine or submission records.

A work recorded as an award-recognized title by 水樹奈々.

あいちトリエンナーレ 2013 揺れる大地 is an award-recognized work by 五十嵐太郎. The bibliographic review is based on the title recorded in the award data and keeps publication identifiers separate from magazine or submission records.

A work recorded as an award-recognized title by 五十嵐太郎.

「朦朧」の時代-大観、春草らと近代日本画の成立 is an award-recognized work by 佐藤志乃. The bibliographic review is based on the title recorded in the award data and keeps publication identifiers separate from magazine or submission records.

A work recorded as an award-recognized title by 佐藤志乃.

デザインあ is an award-winning work by 中村勇吾. It brings together the author's concerns and stylistic qualities in a form recognized by the prize jury.

デザインあ, an award-winning work by 中村勇吾.

A stage musical adaptation centered on growth, correspondence, and emotional discovery rather than a standalone book edition for this award record.

A concise guide into the work's central mood and achievement.

A film performance record for the 2012 musical film, not the original manga bibliography.

A concise guide into the work's central mood and achievement.

A contemporary music performance project rather than a published book.

A concise guide into the work's central mood and achievement.

A dance and stage work, not a book publication.

A concise guide into the work's central mood and achievement.

A tanka collection that combines daily observation with sharp lyric pressure.

A concise guide into the work's central mood and achievement.

A photography exhibition and body of visual work rather than a book edition for this award record.

A concise guide into the work's central mood and achievement.

A television drama directing record, not a book publication.

A concise guide into the work's central mood and achievement.

A rakugo performance record rather than a book.

A concise guide into the work's central mood and achievement.

A contemporary music concert record rather than a book.

A concise guide into the work's central mood and achievement.

A scholarly monograph on Okakura Tenshin focused on his Boston years and art thought.

A concise guide into the work's central mood and achievement.

An animated feature about grief, family, and a young girl’s new life on a Seto Inland Sea island.

A concise guide into the work's central mood and achievement.

破産した男 is an award-winning work by 今井朋彦. Public bibliographic sources were checked first for book identifiers, then for descriptive information about the work.

A bibliographic profile of 破産した男, based on award records and public book data.

エンディングノート is an award-winning work by 砂田麻美. Public bibliographic sources were checked first for book identifiers, then for descriptive information about the work.

A bibliographic profile of エンディングノート, based on award records and public book data.

東京オペラシティリサイタルシリーズ B→C131 is an award-winning work by 河村尚子. Public bibliographic sources were checked first for book identifiers, then for descriptive information about the work.

A bibliographic profile of 東京オペラシティリサイタルシリーズ B→C131, based on award records and public book data.

パゴダの王子 is an award-winning work by 湯川麻美子. Public bibliographic sources were checked first for book identifiers, then for descriptive information about the work.

A bibliographic profile of パゴダの王子, based on award records and public book data.

エクウス is an award-winning work by 梅内美華子. Public bibliographic sources were checked first for book identifiers, then for descriptive information about the work.

A bibliographic profile of エクウス, based on award records and public book data.

幽体の知覚 is an award-winning work by 小谷元彦. Public bibliographic sources were checked first for book identifiers, then for descriptive information about the work.

A bibliographic profile of 幽体の知覚, based on award records and public book data.

それでも、生きてゆく is an award-winning work by 坂元裕二. Public bibliographic sources were checked first for book identifiers, then for descriptive information about the work.

A bibliographic profile of それでも、生きてゆく, based on award records and public book data.

SAW much in LOVE is an award-winning work by サキタハヂメ. Public bibliographic sources were checked first for book identifiers, then for descriptive information about the work.

A bibliographic profile of SAW much in LOVE, based on award records and public book data.

3がつ11にちをわすれないためにセンター is an award-winning work by 甲斐賢治. Public bibliographic sources were checked first for book identifiers, then for descriptive information about the work.

A bibliographic profile of 3がつ11にちをわすれないためにセンター, based on award records and public book data.

トポグラフィの日本近代 江戸泥絵・横浜写真・芸術写真 is an award-winning work by 佐藤守弘. Public bibliographic sources were checked first for book identifiers, then for descriptive information about the work.

A bibliographic profile of トポグラフィの日本近代 江戸泥絵・横浜写真・芸術写真, based on award records and public book data.

あの日見た花の名前を僕達はまだ知らない。 is an award-winning work by 長井龍雪. Public bibliographic sources were checked first for book identifiers, then for descriptive information about the work.

A bibliographic profile of あの日見た花の名前を僕達はまだ知らない。, based on award records and public book data.

Fujimicho Apartment is a stage project planned and directed by Hiromi Suzuki, bringing together newly written short plays by multiple playwrights in the single setting of an apartment room. It gathers different dramatic voices into one shared space and emphasizes dense dialogue and casting.

As if sharing one apartment room, several stories let the voices of contemporary theatre resonate together.

Toilet is a film written and directed by Naoko Ogigami about three siblings living in Canada and their Japanese grandmother, who appears after their mother's death and cannot communicate with them in English. Through silence, meals, and awkward distance, a scattered family begins to reconnect.

A grandmother who cannot share their language quietly changes a family that had drifted apart.

The 50th Akiko Fujii Jiuta Live marked a milestone in the continuing live series by jiuta and sokyoku performer Akiko Fujii. The series is valued for bringing the voice, shamisen, and koto sound of the classical repertoire to contemporary audiences through careful interpretation and transmission.

At a milestone in a long-running live series, the voice and strings of jiuta are handed into the present.

Symphony in C is a classical ballet work danced by Junko Ono with the New National Theatre Ballet. In Balanchine's lucid structure and musical design, the piece tests a dancer's technique, clean line, and stage presence.

A lucid and brilliant classical ballet that draws musical structure through the body.

Maboroshi no Haha is a poetry collection by Akari Kido. Through poems concerned with motherhood, memory, loss, and the movement of voice, it quietly explores absence lingering deep within body and language.

Following the apparition of a lost mother, the poems descend into the depths of voice and memory.

Tabaimo: Danmen no Sedai is a catalogue and art book connected to exhibitions at Yokohama Museum of Art and the National Museum of Art, Osaka. Tabaimo frames her generational sensibility as a cross-section, presenting anxieties and bodily sensations of contemporary society through video installation and images.

The catalogue traces Tabaimo's video world, where society and the body are viewed as exposed cross-sections.

Sono Machi no Kodomo is a drama and film scripted by Aya Watanabe, following a man and woman who experienced the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake as children and meet again in Kobe. Personal memory and the memory of the city intersect through quiet conversation and a walk through the night.

Two people who were children during the earthquake walk through Kobe at night and measure their distance from memory.

My Classics 2 is an album by Ayaka Hirahara that reworks classical music through the language of pop. Familiar melodies are carried by her vocal expression and contemporary arrangements, widening the meeting point between classical music and popular song.

Classical melodies resonate as new pop songs through Ayaka Hirahara's voice.

The opening and operation of Arts Chiyoda 3331 refers to Masato Nakamura's central role in transforming a former junior high school into an art center. Through the institution's creation and management, the project proposed a new cultural hub linking community, education, and contemporary art.

A closed school building is reborn as an open hub connecting community and contemporary art.

Nikutai no Anarchism is KuroDalaiJee's art-historical study of the underground currents of performance in 1960s Japanese art. Drawing on extensive materials, it uncovers avant-garde, bodily, and anti-institutional practices and maps a less visible current in postwar art history.

What forms of expression did the bodies of the postwar avant-garde open outside institutional frameworks?

The Tenth Sentiment is an installation in which a model train carrying an LED light moves through a dark room, projecting the shadows of everyday objects onto walls and ceiling. Through the moving light source and shadows, viewers are enveloped in a shifting space that feels like scenery seen from a train window.

With only a small moving light, the shadows of everyday objects turn into landscapes of memory.

Heaven is a 長編小説 by 川上未映子. It draws readers into its world through choices made by the characters, shifting relationships, and tension within each scene.

Heaven is a focused award-related work with a clear shape as 長編小説.

Function Domino is a 戯曲・演劇 by 前川知大. It draws readers into its world through choices made by the characters, shifting relationships, and tension within each scene.

Function Domino is a focused award-related work with a clear shape as 戯曲・演劇.

Dear Doctor is a 映画脚本・小説 by 西川美和. It draws readers into its world through choices made by the characters, shifting relationships, and tension within each scene.

Dear Doctor is a focused award-related work with a clear shape as 映画脚本・小説.

A History of Meiji Prints is a 美術史研究 by 岩切信一郎. It draws readers into its world through choices made by the characters, shifting relationships, and tension within each scene.

A History of Meiji Prints is a focused award-related work with a clear shape as 美術史研究.

Summer Wars is a アニメーション映画 by 細田守. It draws readers into its world through choices made by the characters, shifting relationships, and tension within each scene.

Summer Wars is a focused award-related work with a clear shape as アニメーション映画.

Violin Concerto is a 音楽演奏 by 庄司紗矢香. It draws readers into its world through choices made by the characters, shifting relationships, and tension within each scene.

Violin Concerto is a focused award-related work with a clear shape as 音楽演奏.

Adagio is a ジャズアルバム by 寺井尚子. It draws readers into its world through choices made by the characters, shifting relationships, and tension within each scene.

Adagio is a focused award-related work with a clear shape as ジャズアルバム.

Echigo Jishi and Nagoya Obi is a 舞踊 by 山村若有子. It draws readers into its world through choices made by the characters, shifting relationships, and tension within each scene.

Echigo Jishi and Nagoya Obi is a focused award-related work with a clear shape as 舞踊.

Smoke Line is a 写真作品 by 津田直. It draws readers into its world through choices made by the characters, shifting relationships, and tension within each scene.

Smoke Line is a focused award-related work with a clear shape as 写真作品.

Firefish is a テレビドラマ by 黒崎博. It draws readers into its world through choices made by the characters, shifting relationships, and tension within each scene.

Firefish is a focused award-related work with a clear shape as テレビドラマ.

Bird Theatre Festival 2 is a 演劇祭 by 中島諒人. It draws readers into its world through choices made by the characters, shifting relationships, and tension within each scene.

Bird Theatre Festival 2 is a focused award-related work with a clear shape as 演劇祭.

A novel that uses a violent incident in contemporary society to question happiness, grief, and the fragility of community. It portrays ethical and emotional instability through a large narrative structure.

決壊 is read as a 長編小説 connected with 平野啓一郎's award recognition.

This music history traces nineteenth-century piano education and the image of the performer, revealing training systems and ideas of the body behind Romantic ideals. It brings out a history of institutions and desire as well as artistic glamour.

ピアニストになりたい! 19世紀 もうひとつの音楽史 is read as a 音楽史 connected with 岡田暁生's award recognition.

A work of cultural representation studies that crosses poetry, fiction, photography, architecture, and film to examine the imagination and memory structures generated by cities. It was recognized as criticism that reads the signs and memories of place.

The book reads the city as a poetics where memory and image intersect.

A poetry collection by Emiko Saito that explores voice, distance, the body, and presences behind daily life through the medium-like sensation of radio and the image of the back. It was the work recognized by the Art Encouragement Prize for New Artists.

A poetry collection that inscribes the feeling of living between audible voices and unseen backs.

An ensemble film directed by and starring Tetsuman Hirosue. It interweaves the wounds and memories of adults who were once fourteen with boys and girls now living through that unstable age, portraying the suffocation of school and society.

Adults who were once fourteen face children living through that age now.

その街の今は, by 柴崎友香, is an award-recognized work. It follows the movement of its characters’ minds and surrounding world, drawing out the conflict and change behind its concise title.

その街の今は, by 柴崎友香, is an award-recognized work.

鞍馬天狗とは何者か is nonfiction that patiently approaches its subject and connects individual experience with social structures. It draws the distortions of its time from concrete scenes.

鞍馬天狗とは何者か is nonfiction that patiently approaches its subject and connects individual experience with social structures.

METAL MACBETH portrays conflict and renewal through the physical force of stage or screen expression. Music, movement, and dialogue combine to evoke the mood of an era.

METAL MACBETH portrays conflict and renewal through the physical force of stage or screen expression.

フラガール portrays conflict and renewal through the physical force of stage or screen expression. Music, movement, and dialogue combine to evoke the mood of an era.

フラガール portrays conflict and renewal through the physical force of stage or screen expression.

食うものは食われる夜 by 蜂飼耳 is an award-recognized work built around poetry and language, bodily perception, an atmosphere of unease. It presents its conflict through a focused premise and leaves the reader with a clear sense of the genre and emotional stakes.

食うものは食われる夜 draws the reader into a story shaped by poetry and language.

神々の闘争 折口信夫論 by 安藤礼二 is an award-recognized work built around criticism, Shinobu Orikuchi, modern thought. It presents its conflict through a focused premise and leaves the reader with a clear sense of the genre and emotional stakes.

神々の闘争 折口信夫論 draws the reader into a story shaped by criticism.

いつか読書する日 by 青木研次 is an award-recognized work built around film screenplay, everyday loneliness, melodrama. It presents its conflict through a focused premise and leaves the reader with a clear sense of the genre and emotional stakes.

いつか読書する日 draws the reader into a story shaped by film screenplay.

海の仙人 is a work recognized by the geijutsu-sensho-monbukagaku-daijin-shinjin-sho in 2005. The available information identifies it as a selected work for that award.

海の仙人, a work recognized by the geijutsu-sensho-monbukagaku-daijin-shinjin-sho.

耳の悦楽 is a work recognized by the geijutsu-sensho-monbukagaku-daijin-shinjin-sho in 2005. The available information identifies it as a selected work for that award.

耳の悦楽, a work recognized by the geijutsu-sensho-monbukagaku-daijin-shinjin-sho.

This work is introduced in Japanese sources; the English note summarizes its subject and appeal without relying on a published translation.

A concise introduction to the work based on Japanese bibliographic and publisher information.

This work is introduced in Japanese sources; the English note summarizes its subject and appeal without relying on a published translation.

A concise introduction to the work based on Japanese bibliographic and publisher information.

A short-story collection centered on the title story about Josee, who uses a wheelchair, and Tsuneo, whose relationship with her is intimate, fragile, and hard to define. The stories explore love, separation, desire, loneliness, and the wish for freedom through lively dialogue and emotional precision.

A beloved collection about love and parting, centered on the title story that has crossed generations.

天使 is a 2003 recognized work by 佐藤亜紀. It stands within the context of 芸術選奨 and foregrounds the author's voice and structure.

天使, a recognized work by 佐藤亜紀, is shaped by 芸術選奨.

日本文化モダン・ラプソディ is a 2003 recognized work by 渡辺裕. It stands within the context of 芸術選奨 and foregrounds the author's voice and structure.

日本文化モダン・ラプソディ, a recognized work by 渡辺裕, is shaped by 芸術選奨.

木更津キャッツアイ is a 2003 recognized work by 宮藤官九郎. It stands within the context of 芸術選奨 and foregrounds the author's voice and structure.

木更津キャッツアイ, a recognized work by 宮藤官九郎, is shaped by 芸術選奨.

ラストシーン is a 2003 recognized work by 中田秀夫. It stands within the context of 芸術選奨 and foregrounds the author's voice and structure.

ラストシーン, a recognized work by 中田秀夫, is shaped by 芸術選奨.

静物 is a work by 小池光. Recognized as an award-winning work in 2002, it opens its world through the people, places, and events suggested by its title and through the texture of its language.

静物 can be read through the themes and verbal force that drew attention at the time of the award.

美の魔力 - レーニ・リーフェンシュタールの真実 is a work by 瀬川裕司. Recognized as an award-winning work in 2002, it opens its world through the people, places, and events suggested by its title and through the texture of its language.

美の魔力 - レーニ・リーフェンシュタールの真実 can be read through the themes and verbal force that drew attention at the time of the award.

まぶだち is a work by 古厩智之. Recognized as an award-winning work in 2002, it opens its world through the people, places, and events suggested by its title and through the texture of its language.

まぶだち can be read through the themes and verbal force that drew attention at the time of the award.

A novel in which Soichiro is asked by an unknown elderly woman to draw a man’s portrait, gradually revealing the threads of fate connecting the woman, the man, and Soichiro himself.

A single portrait quietly brings forgotten bonds and the fragility of life into view.

An art-historical study that rereads modern painting through city space, light, and visual culture, moving from Seurat to Tissot and Bonnard.

Through light and urban scenes painted by modern artists, the book searches for another face of modernity.

A story connected to the screenplay and source of the film Dokuritsu Shonen Gasshodan, where a boys’ choir brings together unchanged voices, communal life, and the pressures of its era.

Where boys’ voices overlap, friendship and the atmosphere of a repressive era resonate together.

黄色軍艦 is a work by 長堂英吉. It was recognized by 芸術選奨文部科学大臣新人賞.

黄色軍艦, recognized by 芸術選奨文部科学大臣新人賞.

死を見つめる美術史 is a work by 小池寿子. It was recognized by 芸術選奨文部科学大臣新人賞.

死を見つめる美術史, recognized by 芸術選奨文部科学大臣新人賞.

ナビィの恋 is a work by 中江裕司. It was recognized by 芸術選奨文部科学大臣新人賞.

ナビィの恋, recognized by 芸術選奨文部科学大臣新人賞.

"岬の蛍" is a work by 佐藤 洋二郎. It is recognized in the context of its award field, including literature, criticism, children's writing, mystery, or related genres.

"岬の蛍" is an award-winning work that reflects 佐藤 洋二郎's distinctive approach.

"江戸時代の歌舞伎役者" is a work by 田口章子. It is recognized in the context of its award field, including literature, criticism, children's writing, mystery, or related genres.

"江戸時代の歌舞伎役者" is an award-winning work that reflects 田口章子's distinctive approach.

"がんばっていきまっしょい" is a work by 磯村 一路. It is recognized in the context of its award field, including literature, criticism, children's writing, mystery, or related genres.

"がんばっていきまっしょい" is an award-winning work that reflects 磯村 一路's distinctive approach.

A poetry collection that attends to quiet nights and inner light and shadow, using restrained language to evoke solitude and clarity in everyday life.

A poetry collection that attends to quiet nights and inner light and shadow, using restrained language to evoke solitude and clarity in everyday life.

A biographical essay that traces Mori Ogai through the memory of Tokyo's slopes and neighborhoods, reading literary history through place.

A biographical essay that traces Mori Ogai through the memory of Tokyo's slopes and neighborhoods, reading literary history through place.

A film set in Nishiyoshino, Nara, portraying a family and village unsettled by a railway project, with loss and attachment to place quietly intertwined.

A film set in Nishiyoshino, Nara, portraying a family and village unsettled by a railway project, with loss and attachment to place quietly intertwined.

金色の網 is a 作品 by 木坂涼 and was recognized by the 芸術選奨文部科学大臣新人賞.

The title 金色の網 points to the scene or question at the center of the work.

帝国劇場開幕 is a 作品 by 嶺隆 and was recognized by the 芸術選奨文部科学大臣新人賞.

The title 帝国劇場開幕 points to the scene or question at the center of the work.

音のアルカディア is a 作品 by 山西龍郎 and was recognized by the 芸術選奨文部科学大臣新人賞.

The title 音のアルカディア points to the scene or question at the center of the work.

Shall we ダンス? is a 作品 by 周防正行 and was recognized by the 芸術選奨文部科学大臣新人賞.

The title Shall we ダンス? points to the scene or question at the center of the work.

江戸の花鳥画 is a work by 今橋理子. It is known as a recipient of geijutsu-sensho-monbukagaku-daijin-shinjin-sho and presents the author's concerns and style.

江戸の花鳥画 presents the literary world of 今橋理子.

野菜畑のソクラテス is a work by 八木幹夫. It is known as a recipient of geijutsu-sensho-monbukagaku-daijin-shinjin-sho and presents the author's concerns and style.

野菜畑のソクラテス presents the literary world of 八木幹夫.

風のラブソング is a 文学作品 by 越水利江子. It is known as a 1995 award-recognized work and can be introduced through its title, genre, and authorial context.

A work that conveys 越水利江子's style through the world suggested by the title 風のラブソング.

ナポレオン伝説の形成 is a 文学作品 by 鈴木杜幾子. It is known as a 1995 award-recognized work and can be introduced through its title, genre, and authorial context.

A work that conveys 鈴木杜幾子's style through the world suggested by the title ナポレオン伝説の形成.

MOTHER 君笑いたまうことなかれ is a 文学作品 by マキノノゾミ. It is known as a 1995 award-recognized work and can be introduced through its title, genre, and authorial context.

A work that conveys マキノノゾミ's style through the world suggested by the title MOTHER 君笑いたまうことなかれ.

800 Two Lap Runners is a 文学作品 by 広木隆一. It is known as a 1995 award-recognized work and can be introduced through its title, genre, and authorial context.

A work that conveys 広木隆一's style through the world suggested by the title 800 Two Lap Runners.

シャーロック・ホームズの世紀末 is a work by 富山太佳夫. It was recognized in the 1994 cycle of geijutsu-sensho-monbukagaku-daijin-shinjin-sho; the entry summarizes the work based on confirmed publication traces.

シャーロック・ホームズの世紀末 reflects the qualities in 富山太佳夫's writing that drew award attention.

鹽壺の匙 is an award-winning work by 車谷長吉. It represents the author’s concerns and style within the context of the prize category.

鹽壺の匙 presents the literary world of 車谷長吉.

思想史としてのゴッホ is an award-winning work by 木下長宏. It represents the author’s concerns and style within the context of the prize category.

思想史としてのゴッホ presents the literary world of 木下長宏.

A linked story collection about a young woman living alone in a corner of the city and the dreams of those who gather around her. It catches the feelings of people distant from family and love in lucid prose.

The dreams of lonely people quietly cross in a corner of the city.

A work by Fusao Okubo centered on sea rituals and communal memory. Life, belief, and time by the shore overlap in prose with a folkloric texture.

In seaside ritual, people's memories and prayers overlap.

A critical study of the American film industry through law and economics, including contracts, copyright, production finance, and distribution. It analyzes the power relations behind the glamour of movies.

It reads the mechanisms of contracts and capital that move the dream of movies.

A related book on Naoto Takenaka's directorial debut, the film adaptation of Yoshiharu Tsuge's manga The Man Without Talent. It conveys the process of translating the original's sadness and humor into cinema.

It gathers perspectives for carrying Yoshiharu Tsuge's world into film.

tatsuya: To the Side of the Beloved by 鐘下辰男 is a Japanese stage work. 劇団THE・ガジラの初演で知られる演劇作品。親密な関係と喪失感を軸に、身体性の強い舞台表現で人物の切迫した感情を描く。

tatsuya: To the Side of the Beloved distills the author's eye and style into a compact work.

Minae Mizumura's novel takes on the audacious project of continuing Natsume Soseki's unfinished Light and Darkness. While absorbing Soseki's style and character relations, it gives a new resolution to the story of Tsuda, Onobu, and Kiyoko.

Beyond the unfinished Light and Darkness, another modern novel comes into being.

Kiyoshi Mizuochi's study of Kamigata kabuki traces scripts, actors, staging, and actor-review books to explain the formation and distinctive qualities of the Kamigata tradition, apart from Edo kabuki.

A reading of Kamigata kabuki's history and artistry through both scripts and actors.

A film directed by Shun Nakahara and based on Akimi Yoshida's manga. Over a day in which a girls' high-school drama club prepares Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard, it delicately portrays the students' relationships and shifting emotions.

In the hours before the curtain rises, the girls' time is concentrated into one day.

Friends Smell Like Green is a work by 工藤直子. ライオン、かたつむり、ろばが草原で交わす友情を、詩と物語の感触で描く児童文学。緑の匂いに包まれた世界で、違う者同士がゆっくり近づく。

Friends Smell Like Green is an award-winning work read in the context of 児童文学.

Stories of Genroku Actors is a work by 土屋恵一郎. 歌舞伎評判記を手がかりに、元禄期の芝居小屋を沸かせた俳優たちの姿を描く演劇史の著作。批評と芸能の現場が生き生きと結びつく。

Stories of Genroku Actors is an award-winning work read in the context of 歌舞伎.

Kitchen / Foam / Sanctuary is an award-winning work by 吉本ばなな. It can be read as a concentrated expression of the author's concerns, shaped through its themes, narrative tone, and handling of character and scene.

Kitchen / Foam / Sanctuary invites readers to approach it through the expressive force that drew attention at the time of the award.

現代演劇の航海 is an award-winning work by 扇田昭彦. It can be read as a concentrated expression of the author's concerns, shaped through its themes, narrative tone, and handling of character and scene.

現代演劇の航海 invites readers to approach it through the expressive force that drew attention at the time of the award.

沈める寺 is a work by 木崎さと子 selected in the 1988 cycle of 芸術選奨文部科学大臣新人賞. As a prize-recognized work, it presents the author's concerns and distinctive mode of expression.

沈める寺 by 木崎さと子, recognized by 芸術選奨文部科学大臣新人賞.

郡虎彦 is a work by 杉山正樹 selected in the 1988 cycle of 芸術選奨文部科学大臣新人賞. As a prize-recognized work, it presents the author's concerns and distinctive mode of expression.

郡虎彦 by 杉山正樹, recognized by 芸術選奨文部科学大臣新人賞.

ふたつの家のちえ子 is a 児童文学 by 今村葦子. It presents its subject through a clear artistic perspective, giving shape to personal experience, historical context, and the texture of expression in a way suitable for readers encountering the work today.

ふたつの家のちえ子 condenses the qualities of 今村葦子's work in the form of a 児童文学.

江戸の想像力 is a 評論 by 田中優子. It presents its subject through a clear artistic perspective, giving shape to personal experience, historical context, and the texture of expression in a way suitable for readers encountering the work today.

江戸の想像力 condenses the qualities of 田中優子's work in the form of a 評論.

A novel by Kunie Iwahashi that quietly observes marriage, aging, and daily life, tracing the loneliness and shifting affection hidden inside an intimate partnership.

A novel about the silences that remain between long-married partners and the affection that still endures.

A study of Stravinsky's music and the transformation of twentieth-century composition, reading his ballets, sacred works, and neoclassical style as a mirror of the age.

A critical survey of twentieth-century music seen through Stravinsky's works.

胡桃の戦意のために is a 詩集 by 平出隆. A poetry collection whose title suggests the hard core of a walnut, building lines where intellect and lyricism hold each other in tension.

胡桃の戦意のために is an award-recognized work that shows the qualities of 平出隆's writing and thought.

ジェームズ・アンソール : 仮面の幻視者 is a art criticism by 末永照和. An art-critical study of the Belgian painter James Ensor, reading his work through masks and visionary motifs.

ジェームズ・アンソール : 仮面の幻視者 is an award-recognized work that shows the qualities of 末永照和's writing and thought.

西洋人の歌舞伎発見 by 中村哲郎 is a 評論 that presents its subject through careful observation and controlled language. It draws readers into the emotional pressure behind its images while keeping the focus on the work itself.

西洋人の歌舞伎発見 is an important 評論 for understanding 中村哲郎's literary world.

初めの愛 is a work by 坂上弘 associated with the 1981 cycle of 芸術選奨文部科学大臣新人賞. In its award context, it was recognized for its distinctive subject matter, form, or contribution to contemporary literary and artistic expression.

A work by 坂上弘 recognized in the context of 芸術選奨文部科学大臣新人賞.

The Birth of Sun Wukong: Monkey Folklore and Journey to the West is Miyoko Nakano’s comparative literary study of how the figure of Sun Wukong took shape through folklore, legend, and religious imagination. It traces how monkey myths and tales flowed into the Chinese classic Journey to the West and crystallized into its free-spirited, rebellious hero.

The book follows the path from the wide world of monkey myth and folklore to the birth of Sun Wukong in Journey to the West.

Gikyoku Boken Shosetsu is a play by Kunio Shimizu that layers theatrical time with fictional adventure around aging princesses and the passage of years. As the title suggests, dialogue on stage steps beyond ordinary realism like an adventure story, shaping aging, memory, girlhood, and decay through language charged with fantasy and irony.

A play in which stage and language become an adventure, and the time of aging princesses shifts in a dreamlike motion.

A linked short-story collection by Masayoshi Nakamura. The title story centers on life with a father released from Sugamo Prison, portraying a family marked by the wounds of the postwar period, the loneliness of youth, and the texture of life in the margins of the city. Together with the other stories, it looks at postwar society from a place close to the author's own memory.

From the view on an overpass, a postwar city overlaps with family wounds and a young man's wandering.

「かもめ」評釈 is a work by 池田健太郎 that uses the form of 文学作品 to portray human feeling and the atmosphere of its time. Its award recognition suggests a lasting impression created by its subject matter and controlled style.

「かもめ」評釈 brings 批評性 and 土地 into focus through the form of 文学作品.

Karekinada is a novel rooted in the landscape of Kishu and the memory of kinship, portraying youth, violence, and family entanglement in dense prose. It stands as a defining work in Kenji Nakagami's literary world, marked by mythic force and physical intensity.

枯木灘 brings 批評性 and 土地 into focus through the form of 文学作品.

文学演技 is a work by 杉本秀太郎 that uses the form of 文学作品 to portray human feeling and the atmosphere of its time. Its award recognition suggests a lasting impression created by its subject matter and controlled style.

文学演技 brings 批評性 and 土地 into focus through the form of 文学作品.

Jinsei no Ichinichi gathers Akira Abe’s short fiction, where everyday scenes reveal grief, humor, family memory, and the opaque depth of ordinary life.

人生の一日 follows people and their time through the form of 短編集.

落語風俗帖 is a work by 関山和夫. It presents its subject through carefully shaped scenes and a voice rooted in its literary moment.

落語風俗帖 follows people and their time through the form of 芸能評論.

鶴 is a 小説 by 竹西寛子. Recognized by the prize, it presents the author's literary voice within its period.

A 小説 recognized in the context of 芸術選奨文部大臣新人賞受賞作.

道頓堀 is a 随筆・地域文化論 by 三田純市. Recognized by the prize, it presents the author's literary voice within its period.

A 随筆・地域文化論 recognized in the context of 芸術選奨文部大臣新人賞受賞作.

Heien is a haiku collection whose title suggests a calm, distant view, joining landscape with spaces of feeling. Kariyuki Takaha’s clarity of composition and modern haiku sensibility were recognized by the newcomer category of the arts award.

平遠 presents 鷹羽狩行's work as an award-recognized title.

Onnagata no Unmei is a work of theatre criticism that examines kabuki female-role acting through form, the actor’s body, and changing modern views of performance. It reads the beauty and fate of the onnagata system and established Tamotsu Watanabe’s critical presence.

女形の運命 presents 渡辺保's work as an award-recognized title.

銀河と地獄 is a literary work by 川村二郎. It is recognized as a winning work of the 芸術選奨文部科学大臣新人賞, reflecting the author's style and the literary concerns of its period.

銀河と地獄 offers an entry point into 川村二郎's literary expression through the context of the 芸術選奨文部科学大臣新人賞.

夜明けの風 is a literary work by 平林英子. It is recognized as a winning work of the 芸術選奨文部科学大臣新人賞, reflecting the author's style and the literary concerns of its period.

夜明けの風 offers an entry point into 平林英子's literary expression through the context of the 芸術選奨文部科学大臣新人賞.

小さな市街図 is a literary work by 古山高麗雄. It is recognized as a winning work of the 芸術選奨文部科学大臣新人賞, reflecting the author's style and the literary concerns of its period.

小さな市街図 offers an entry point into 古山高麗雄's literary expression through the context of the 芸術選奨文部科学大臣新人賞.

女形・玉三郎展 is a literary work by 篠山紀信. It is recognized as a winning work of the 芸術選奨文部科学大臣新人賞, reflecting the author's style and the literary concerns of its period.

女形・玉三郎展 offers an entry point into 篠山紀信's literary expression through the context of the 芸術選奨文部科学大臣新人賞.

日本の喜劇人 is a literary work by 中原弓彦. It is recognized as a winning work of the 芸術選奨文部科学大臣新人賞, reflecting the author's style and the literary concerns of its period.

日本の喜劇人 offers an entry point into 中原弓彦's literary expression through the context of the 芸術選奨文部科学大臣新人賞.

A play that makes the Zen monk Dogen and a modern patient meet within dream logic. It unsettles religion, desire, and language through comic devices while keeping the physical energy of the stage.

Inside and outside the dream reverse, and questions of enlightenment turn comic and chaotic.

A collection of Minoru Betsuyaku's absurdist plays including the title work. Everyday conversation gradually slips out of alignment, turning discomfort with community and authority into quiet laughter and unease.

A gentle rustling of words makes the rules of the world itself seem doubtful.

A critical work on the theatrical sensibility of the Japanese, read through history and culture. It is not limited to theatre studies, but examines modern Japan's self-image and forms of expression.

The gaze toward the stage turns toward the history of how Japanese people have performed themselves.

東京の小芝居 is a work by 阿部優蔵; a book edition was published by 演劇出版社 in 1970.

東京の小芝居 stands in 阿部優蔵's award record.

時間 is a work by 黒井千次 recognized by the geijutsu-sensho-monbukagaku-daijin-shinjin-sho in 1970. It is presented here as an individual award-winning work, with bibliographic identifiers added where public records confirm a book edition.

時間, a work recognized by the geijutsu-sensho-monbukagaku-daijin-shinjin-sho.

万葉集 - 運命の歌 is a work by 小島信一 recognized by the geijutsu-sensho-monbukagaku-daijin-shinjin-sho in 1970. It is presented here as an individual award-winning work, with bibliographic identifiers added where public records confirm a book edition.

万葉集 - 運命の歌, a work recognized by the geijutsu-sensho-monbukagaku-daijin-shinjin-sho.

A historical novel that depicts the age of Oda Nobunaga through the eyes of a missionary. Japan seen from another culture, the rise of power, and the movement of the human spirit are layered through travel and recollection.

A foreigner's gaze reflects both the brilliance and unease of the Azuchi age.

A scholarly study of the artistic and social conditions under which kabuki took shape. Drawing on documents and theater history, it presents early modern drama through performers, cities, and audiences.

The origins of kabuki are read through the movement of stage and city.

フランドルの冬 is a 長編小説 by 加賀乙彦. It is presented here as a work shaped by 精神医学, 異国, 孤独.

フランドルの冬 preserves 加賀乙彦's voice in the form of 長編小説.

首 is a 演劇 by 広渡常敏. It is presented here as a work shaped by 演劇, 身体, 権力.

首 preserves 広渡常敏's voice in the form of 演劇.

比較演劇学 is a 演劇研究 by 河竹登志夫. It is presented here as a work shaped by 比較演劇, 歌舞伎, 演劇理論.

比較演劇学 preserves 河竹登志夫's voice in the form of 演劇研究.