A calligraphic work by Tsugane Takakuni based on a poem by Mori Ogai, joining literary language with dignified line, space, and poetic restraint.

Mori Ogai’s poem resonates quietly through calligraphic line and space.

A Japanese-style painting by Fukuoji Kazuhiko that renders moonlight through mineral luminosity and deep color, carrying reverence for nature and a sense of the fantastic within a tranquil surface.

Moonlit stillness fills the work through deep color and radiance.

An oil painting by Kinutani Koji whose vivid color and dynamic forms create a scene where sky and dream intersect, moving powerfully between figuration and fantasy.

Vivid colors send a tale of sky and dream racing across the surface.

A craft work by Kawajiri Ikkan that expresses the abundance suggested by its title through material handling and dense form, carrying a strong sense of life within traditional technique.

A sense of harvest rises through the fullness of material and form.

Riken Yamamoto’s architectural design for Saitama Prefectural University links departments and human movement through an open composition, shaping an educational facility that connects with its community.

The university is designed not as a closed facility but as a place where people and community meet.

Ito Keiichi’s long literary achievement spans fiction and poetry, maintaining a gaze on war experience and ordinary life while portraying human sorrow and joy in both narrative and verse.

A career that continued to write human memory, sorrow, and joy in both fiction and poetry.

Kanno Akimasa’s achievement in literary criticism and French literary studies rests on precise reading and a broad comparative perspective, building a vocabulary for thinking about modern literature.

Precise reading opened a firm perspective for thinking about literature.

Kondo Kennosuke’s international activity as a vocalist extended Japanese vocal performance through expression cultivated on opera and song stages.

Through vocal expression, he brought Japanese singing to international stages.

Sawamura Tanosuke’s achievement as a kabuki actor centers on stage expression, especially onnagata roles, joining inherited forms with emotional characterization and supporting the depth of classical kabuki.

Within inherited forms, he gave characters finely shaded emotion.

Hanayagi Yoshijiro’s achievement lies in preserving and developing Japanese dance, refining expression while maintaining classical forms and building a foundation for transmission to later generations.

He preserved classical forms and carried dance expression to the next generation.