Kubota Utsubo Award
くぼたうつほしょう
Society award established by the Waseda University Society of Japanese Literature, given for achievements in Japanese literature research.
Japanese literature research
- Established
- 1968
- Organizer
- Waseda University Society of Japanese Literature
- Category
- Research, Translation, and Scholarship
- Selection Method
- Recommendation
- Target
- Professional
- Frequency
- 1 per year
- Announcement Period
- around October–December
- Status
- Active
Description
The Kubota Utsubo Award of the Waseda University Society of Japanese Literature (Waseda Daigaku Kokubungakkai Kubota Utsubo Shō) is a society award established by the Waseda University Society of Japanese Literature for Japanese literature research. Although it is an intramural academic society, it is renowned for producing numerous prominent scholars of Japanese literature and is also known as the Kubota Utsubo Award, Waseda University Kokubungakkai Award, or Utsubo Award.
Prize
- Main Prize
- Awarded from the Memorial Project Fund
- Cash Prize
- 1,000,000 JPY
Selection
Criteria
- Being a researcher approximately 10 years after undergraduate graduation
- In principle, the most outstanding one among papers or books published in print by the society
Past Winners
No winner
Kenta Kobayashi
award
Mika Takizawa
award
Yoshitaka Arima
award
Itada Shoji
award
No winner
No winner
Takehiko Kazari
award
Youhei Kozai
award
Ken Ito
award
No winner
No winner
No winner
No winner
No winner
No winner
No winner
No winner
No winner
Minoru Horikiri
award
Sugino Youkichi
award