Kawabata Yasunari Literary Award かわばたやすなりぶんがくしょう
Edition 49 (2025)
Short story
Winners
1 peopleThis short story traces the history of Seishinkan, an Edo-period neighborhood dojo, and its swordsman Ino Ryoun in the form of a biography assembled from documents. By layering plausible-looking records, it playfully unsettles the boundary between strategy and fiction.
Swordsmanship and fiction intersect within a documentary-like narrative.
248 pages
Edo periodswordsmanshippseudo-historyfiction and truth