Kubota Utsubo Award くぼたうつほしょう
Edition 24 (1991)
Japanese literature research
Winners
2 peopleA Study of Medieval Songs is Yasuharu Ono's research on medieval Japanese song. Covering imayo, rice-field songs, Buddhist songs, recitation, and kouta, it examines the literary qualities and historical development of medieval song traditions.
The study closely reads medieval voices as materials for literary history.
595 pages
medieval songsimayoBuddhist songsliterary history
A Study of Early Modern Kanshibun Centered on Ota Nanpo is Ichiro Ikezawa's work of early modern literary scholarship. Centering on the Edo writer Ota Nanpo, it examines kanshibun, comic Chinese-style verse, and networks of literary refinement.
Centered on Ota Nanpo, the study traces the world of Edo-period kanshibun.
Ota Nanpoearly modern literaturekanshibunEdo literati