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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 people
Hikaru Okuizumi おくいずみ ひかる award

This 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