Izumi Kyoka Literary Award いずみきょうかぶんがくしょう
Edition 48 (2020)
Literary awardNovelPlay
Winners
1 peopleA long novel that reconstructs the life of Ariwara no Narihira by weaving in episodes from Ise monogatari.
It re-creates the classical narrative world as a biography of Narihira.
458 pages
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