Set in Kai before Takeda Shingen, this historical novel follows Nobutora Takeda’s half brother and the warrior Hara Toratane as they move through a turbulent age burdened by origin, bloodline, and fate. It combines mountain people, clan politics, and battlefield detail to portray the harsh rise of the Takeda house.

Before Shingen, men who bore the names of tiger and fang shaped the Takeda legend.

This period novel follows Matsunaga Gengo, once known as the fire-devouring bird, as he rises from disillusioned ronin life and regains his pride as a firefighter. With a vivid group of companions, he rebuilds a failing fire brigade and confronts the fires of Edo.

A man who turned away from fire returns to the flames with his comrades.

This award recognizes two period-fiction series by Chino Ryuji: Ore wa Ichimangoku, centered on a young daimyo of a small domain, and Heinosuke Jikentei, set around the workhouse associated with Hasegawa Heizo. The honor is for sustained work across paperback period fiction rather than a single volume.

Two series use small-domain politics and workhouse cases to explore Edo institutions and human feeling.

Nakajima Kaname’s paperback period-fiction series follows Yoichi, a man who handles and restores kimono, and the people around him. Through memories and scars left in garments, the books uncover emotion and mystery in Edo daily life.

A kimono mender quietly unravels the feelings left inside each garment.

Set in early Meiji Hakodate, this story collection depicts people living through the opening of Hokkaido, including Tsuzuki Toyoji, once renowned for Western-style shipbuilding. In the title story, a meeting with a young shipwright rekindles a long-suppressed passion for building ships.

In Hakodate, where traces of Edo remain, an old shipwright feels a lost flame return.

This historical novel follows Yoshifuji, a pupil of Utagawa Kuniyoshi, as he keeps painting through the transition from late Edo to Meiji while struggling with a sense of artistic inadequacy. With Yoshitoshi, Yoshiiku, Kyosai, and other artists around him, it explores the pride invested in toy prints that were easily discarded.

An artist who knows his limits still carves out his path through pictures meant to disappear.

Hayashi Mariko’s novel about the life of Saigo Takamori served as the source for the NHK taiga drama. It follows Kichinosuke from his birth in a poor samurai family in Satsuma through encounters with family, friends, and his lord, emphasizing the human qualities behind his rise to the center of the Meiji Restoration.

A poor boy from Satsuma steps toward the Restoration carrying feeling, loyalty, and duty.

Hatamoto Kinyudo 1: Zeni ga Nasake no Shinjiro is a historical novel by Maruo Kyozuka. Shinjiro, born into a hatamoto family, faces money and compassion while caught between samurai respectability and the realities of a moneylending family business.

Samurai honor and the craft of moneylending move Edo-period human feeling in unexpected ways.

Hokahoka Fuki Gohan: Izakaya Zenya is a historical novel by Kikuko Sakai. Set around an Edo-period tavern, it is a volume in the Izakaya Zenya series, warmly depicting food, human feeling, affection, and life in the town.

Steaming dishes and Edo-period human warmth slowly loosen the hearts of the characters.

The Inemuri Doshin Kagegoyo and Tsukudajima Yojinbo Nisshi series are historical fiction series by Shun Hayami. They depict Edo-period incidents, swordplay, human feeling, and town life through the duties and actions of their respective protagonists.

In Edo's streets, men bound by duty meet unfolding incidents with human feeling and the sword.

A historical fiction series set around an Edo textile shop, following Orin as she connects people through chintz patterns, craft, and trade. It blends townspeople's lives, artisanship, romance, and family feeling in a warmly colored portrait of Edo.

In the patterns of chintz, Edo life and human feeling are dyed into story.

Set in seventh-century East Asia, this novel follows the historical currents leading to the Battle of Baekgang, where Baekje, Wa, Silla, and Tang collide. It traces the road to defeat through intersecting national ambitions and personal loyalties.

Across the seas of ancient East Asia, the fates of nations and individuals collide.

A vast cycle of historical novels by Kenzo Kitakata spanning Suikoden, Yoryoden, and Gakuhiden. From the ideals of Liangshan Marsh to wars involving Song and Jin, it turns aspiration, defeat, and inheritance into a long epic.

The ideals of Liangshan continue to flow into the next generation, even after defeat.

大坂誕生 is an award-recognized work by 片山洋一. This record separates the work's award identity from any bibliographic identifiers that could not be confirmed for a standalone book edition.

大坂誕生 by 片山洋一 is a work to revisit through the context of its award recognition.

決戦！熊本城 肥後加藤家改易始末 is an award-recognized work by 松永弘高. This record separates the work's award identity from any bibliographic identifiers that could not be confirmed for a standalone book edition.

決戦！熊本城 肥後加藤家改易始末 by 松永弘高 is a work to revisit through the context of its award recognition.

明治剣狼伝 西郷暗殺指令 is an award-recognized work by 新美健. This record separates the work's award identity from any bibliographic identifiers that could not be confirmed for a standalone book edition.

明治剣狼伝 西郷暗殺指令 by 新美健 is a work to revisit through the context of its award recognition.

神楽坂咲花堂シリーズ／もんなか紋三捕物帳シリーズ is an award-recognized work by 井川香四郎. This record separates the work's award identity from any bibliographic identifiers that could not be confirmed for a standalone book edition.

神楽坂咲花堂シリーズ／もんなか紋三捕物帳シリーズ by 井川香四郎 is a work to revisit through the context of its award recognition.

風の市兵衛シリーズ is an award-recognized work by 辻堂魁. This record separates the work's award identity from any bibliographic identifiers that could not be confirmed for a standalone book edition.

風の市兵衛シリーズ by 辻堂魁 is a work to revisit through the context of its award recognition.

ヨイ豊 is an award-recognized work by 梶よう子. This record separates the work's award identity from any bibliographic identifiers that could not be confirmed for a standalone book edition.

ヨイ豊 by 梶よう子 is a work to revisit through the context of its award recognition.

若冲 is a 小説 work by 澤田瞳子 associated with the 2016 受賞 record. The entry summarizes the work from award records and bibliographic checks, focusing on its subject, publication status, and reading context.

若冲 by 澤田瞳子 is a work whose subject and publication status can be traced through award and bibliographic records.

戦国大名・宇喜多直家をめぐる暗い権謀と、政略の中に置かれた女性たちを描く連作時代小説。

謀略の時代に捨て駒とされた者たちの声が、鮮烈な物語として立ち上がる。

江戸の茶屋を舞台に、市井の人々の事情と人情を描く長期時代小説シリーズ。穏やかな語り口の中に、支え合って生きる人々の姿がある。

茶屋に集う人々の喜怒哀楽が、江戸の暮らしを温かく照らす。

根岸肥前守らを中心に、江戸の怪異と事件を軽快に描く時代ミステリシリーズ。怪談味と捕物帳の読み味が結びつく。

江戸の噂と怪異が、謎解きの楽しさへと姿を変える。

八戸南部氏の歴史と一角を持つ羚羊の語りを組み合わせ、東北の土地と女性の生を伸びやかに描く歴史小説。

歴史の陰に置かれた声が、土地の記憶と物語の力でよみがえる。

森蘭丸の成長と本能寺へ向かう時代のうねりを、上下巻の大きな構成で描く戦国歴史小説。

才気ある若き近習の視線から、信長の時代が鮮やかに動き出す。

火男 is an award-winning work by 吉来駿作. It brings together the author's concerns and stylistic qualities in a form recognized by the prize jury.

火男, an award-winning work by 吉来駿作.

奥右筆秘帳シリーズ is an award-winning work by 上田秀人. It brings together the author's concerns and stylistic qualities in a form recognized by the prize jury.

奥右筆秘帳シリーズ, an award-winning work by 上田秀人.

風の王国シリーズ is an award-winning work by 平谷美樹. It brings together the author's concerns and stylistic qualities in a form recognized by the prize jury.

風の王国シリーズ, an award-winning work by 平谷美樹.

捨ててこそ空也 is an award-winning work by 梓澤要. It brings together the author's concerns and stylistic qualities in a form recognized by the prize jury.

捨ててこそ空也, an award-winning work by 梓澤要.

無名の虎／玉兎の望 is an award-winning work by 仁志耕一郎. Award records and public bibliographic data identify it as a work that gathers the author's characteristic concerns and style.

無名の虎／玉兎の望, an award-winning work by 仁志耕一郎.

隅田川御用帳シリーズ is an award-winning work by 藤原緋沙子. Award records and public bibliographic data identify it as a work that gathers the author's characteristic concerns and style.

隅田川御用帳シリーズ, an award-winning work by 藤原緋沙子.

義烈千秋 天狗党西へ is an award-winning work by 伊東潤. Award records and public bibliographic data identify it as a work that gathers the author's characteristic concerns and style.

義烈千秋 天狗党西へ, an award-winning work by 伊東潤.

日御子 is an award-winning work by 帚木蓬生. Award records and public bibliographic data identify it as a work that gathers the author's characteristic concerns and style.

日御子, an award-winning work by 帚木蓬生.

軍鶏侍 is an award-winning work by 野口卓. Public bibliographic sources were checked first for book identifiers, then for descriptive information about the work.

A bibliographic profile of 軍鶏侍, based on award records and public book data.

煬帝【上下】 is an award-winning work by 塚本靑史. Public bibliographic sources were checked first for book identifiers, then for descriptive information about the work.

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四十八人目の忠臣 is an award-winning work by 諸田玲子. Public bibliographic sources were checked first for book identifiers, then for descriptive information about the work.

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