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Kyushu Arts Festival Literary Award

きゅうしゅうげいじゅつさいぶんがくしょう

A literary award that solicits works from new writers residing in Kyushu and Okinawa through an open call.

Newcomer Award
Established
1970
Organizer
Kyushu Culture Association (co-hosted with prefectures in Kyushu and Okinawa, and the cities of Fukuoka, Kitakyushu, and Kumamoto)
Category
Pure Literature
Selection Method
Open call
Target
Newcomer
Frequency
1 per year
Application Deadline
around September
Announcement Period
around February–March
Status
Active

Description

Sponsored by the Kyushu Cultural Association Public Interest Incorporated Foundation, and co-sponsored by Fukuoka City, Kitakyushu City, and Kumamoto City, this award solicits works from new writers residing in Kyushu and Okinawa. The winning work is published in the April issue of 'Bungakukai', and a collection of works is published. It has produced Akutagawa Prize-winning authors from its recipients, earning exceptional recognition as a regional literary award.

Prize

Main Prize
Publication of the winning work in the April issue of 'Bungakukai' and publication of a works collection

Related Awards

  • List of literary awards

Official Resources

http://www.kyushubunkakyoukai.jp/

Past Winners

豊島浩一 とよしま こういち honorable mention

“Mujina,” confirmed as a prize-winning entry in the 53rd Kyushu Arts Festival Literary Award, with no standalone book edition found.

“Mujina” was selected as an honorable mention.

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城戸祐介 きど ゆうすけ honorable mention

“At the Factory,” confirmed as an honorable mention in the Fukuoka City region of the 53rd Kyushu Arts Festival Literary Award, with no standalone book edition found.

“At the Factory” was selected as an honorable mention.

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Noboru Shiraishi しらいし のぼる best work

女性二人の共同生活などを描いた短編集。九州芸術祭文学賞最優秀作受賞作を含む。

足の間

共同生活女性人間関係地域
金名サメリ honorable mention

"明治通りに打ち上げられたクラゲ" is a 佳作 work from the Kyushu Arts Festival Literary Award 2021-1. It stands out for its distinctive premise and atmosphere.

A 佳作 work from Kyushu Arts Festival Literary Award 2021-1.

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No winner
日巻寿夫 ひまき ひさお best work

A work by Hisao Himaki announced in connection with the fiftieth Kyushu Art Festival Literary Award. Public information points mainly to magazine publication and inclusion in the award's collected volume, and no standalone book or paperback edition could be confirmed.

A work selected through a Kyushu literary competition, with no confirmed standalone book edition.

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こおろぎ青 こおろぎ あお honorable mention

Karasu Donburi by Ao Korogi was selected for an honorable mention in the fiftieth Kyushu Art Festival Literary Award. Official information presents it as a work by an author from Moji, Kitakyushu, and points to its inclusion in that year's award collection.

A short work preserved in the award collection after receiving an honorable mention in the Kyushu Art Festival Literary Award.

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平田健太郎 ひらた けんたろう best work

九州芸術祭文学賞の最優秀作として発表された短編小説。掲載記事としては確認できるが、単行本・文庫・短編集としての刊行は確認できない。

短い題名の奥に、地方文学賞受賞作としての濃度がある。

短編小説九州地方文学賞掲載作
出町子 でまち こ honorable mention

This work received an honorable mention at the 48th Kyushu Art Festival Literary Award. The official announcement records it as a work by Ko Demachi of Kumamoto City. In a year with no top prize, it was selected from regional finalists submitted from across Kyushu and Okinawa.

A short work from a regional literary prize, selected for honorable mention in a year with no top-prize winner.

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田ノ上淑子 たのうえ よしこ honorable mention

This work received an honorable mention at the 48th Kyushu Art Festival Literary Award. The official announcement records it as a work by Yoshiko Tanoue of Kagoshima Prefecture. It was selected from regional finalists across Kyushu and Okinawa in a year with no top-prize winner.

An honorable-mention work selected from submissions across Kyushu's regional literary scene.

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尾形牛馬 おがた うしうま best work

酒のかなたへ is a work by 尾形牛馬 recognized in this award edition. Award records, public bibliographic data, and retail bibliographies were checked, with standalone book identifiers separated from items that could not be verified.

Bibliographic notes on the award-recognized work 酒のかなたへ.

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Kiyoko Nomiyama のみやま きよこ best work

黒い湿った土のにおい by 野見山潔子 is introduced as a work that 地域に根ざした題材と土地の感覚が受賞時に評価された作品。文芸誌掲載作として、方言や生活の細部を通じて場所の記憶を立ち上げる点に特色がある。

黒い湿った土のにおい leads readers into its world through 九州文学.

九州文学土地文芸誌掲載作
Monica Sato さとう もにか best work

カーディガン is an award-winning work by 佐藤モニカ. The available bibliographic record identifies it as the work associated with this award entry.

カーディガン by 佐藤モニカ.

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岩元正治 いわもと まさはる honorable mention

ダンザ屋敷で is an award-winning work by 岩元正治. The available bibliographic record identifies it as the work associated with this award entry.

ダンザ屋敷で by 岩元正治.

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Hiroshi Hirano ひらの ひろし best work

出航まで is a work by 平野宏. It is recorded as a prize-related title from 2013, and the available bibliographic sources were checked for standalone book identifiers.

出航まで was checked as an award-listed work by 平野宏.

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曽原紀子 そはら のりこ honorable mention

A novel known as a Kyushu Art Festival Literary Award work. Bibliographic records show a standalone edition from Komyakusha; as the title suggests, it can be read as literary fiction tracing the afterlife of voices, words spoken, and silences left behind.

A quiet literary work following where voices go and what traces they leave.

298 pages
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Emiko Osanai こやまうち えみこ best work

Oppai-gai is a short, autobiographical-feeling story about a pregnant woman's anxiety and resolve, published in a literary magazine as a Kyushu Art Festival Literary Award winner. Later anthology inclusion is visible, but a standalone book publication could not be confirmed.

A short story that renders a near-term pregnant woman's wavering heart with the texture of autobiographical fiction.

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中瀬誠人 なかせ まこと best work

A short story first presented as the top work of the Kyushu Art Festival Literary Award. Set against the texture of life in Kyushu, it depicts the shifting relationships hidden in an ordinary place and was later included in the award's anniversary collection.

From the humidity of a familiar place and the presence of people, the story brings out the shadows of everyday life in Kyushu.

832 pages
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悦本達也 えつもと たつや honorable mention

A short story selected as an honorable mention in the forty-first Kyushu Art Festival Literary Award. Its title suggests enclosure and pressure, and it remains recorded as one of the regionally rooted new short stories recognized by the award.

Under a title that evokes enclosure, the work is recorded as a new short story from a regional literary award.

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伊藤香織 いとう かおり best work

苔やはらかに。 is a work of fiction by 伊藤香織. It centers on 人間関係 and layers in 地方文学, showing the distinct qualities of an award-winning work.

苔やはらかに。 is an important fiction work in the award history of 伊藤香織.

人間関係地方文学fiction
玉木一兵 たまき いちへい honorable mention

コトリ is a work of fiction by 玉木一兵. It centers on 人間関係 and layers in 地方文学, showing the distinct qualities of an award-winning work.

コトリ is an important fiction work in the award history of 玉木一兵.

人間関係地方文学fiction
近藤勲公 こんどう いさお best work

'黒い顔' is a winning work of the 九州芸術祭文学賞 by 近藤勲公.

'黒い顔' is a winning work of the 九州芸術祭文学賞 by 近藤勲公.

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松原栄 まつばら さかえ honorable mention

'勝也の終戦' is a winning work of the 九州芸術祭文学賞 by 松原栄.

'勝也の終戦' is a winning work of the 九州芸術祭文学賞 by 松原栄.

history and memory
小石丸佳代 こいしまる かよ best work

ダンス is an award-recognized work by 小石丸佳代. It is known through the prize record and appears to portray a turning point in character or circumstance within a compact literary form.

Although no standalone publication could be confirmed, the prize record preserves its place in regional and open-call literary culture.

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松田るんを まつだ るんを honorable mention

ティッシュの箱 is an award-recognized work by 松田るんを. It is known through the prize record and appears to portray a turning point in character or circumstance within a compact literary form.

Although no standalone publication could be confirmed, the prize record preserves its place in regional and open-call literary culture.

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芝夏子 しば なつこ best work

A Kyushu Art Festival Literary Award winner whose title suggests a guide through places and relationships in contemporary life.

A voice meant to guide others reveals loneliness and distance in contemporary life.

contemporary fictionguidanceurban lifeloneliness
鮒田トト ふなた とと honorable mention

A short story recognized with an honorable mention in the 36th Kyushu Art Festival Literary Award. Public information confirms publication in the April 2006 issue of Bungakukai, but no standalone book or collection publication could be confirmed.

An award-recognized story confirmed through magazine publication; no book edition could be verified.

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Eisuke Aikawa あいかわ えいすけ honorable mention

Eisuke Aikawa's work links the physical feel of baseball with everyday life in a regional setting. Beneath its light voice, it traces youth, teams, and family ties beyond wins and losses.

打棒日和 is a work whose contours are visible through its award history, with the author's concerns emerging through subject and voice.

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上原輪 うえはら りん best work

A short story published as a top-prize work of the Kyushu Art Festival Literary Award. Centered on the image of a thread connecting people, place, and memory, it combines local texture with literary tension.

Like a single thread, human memory and the time of a place are drawn together.

832 pages
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野沢薫子 のざわ かおるこ honorable mention

A short story selected for a commendation in the Kyushu Art Festival Literary Award. Through the gaze implied by a view through a window, it can be read as a story about inside and outside, nearness and distance, and changes in everyday scenery.

The view through the window reflects the distance between what is near and what remains out of reach.

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吉永尚子 よしなが なおこ best work

モモに憑かれて is an award-recognized work by 吉永尚子. It uses the impression carried by its title as an entry point into the movement of people and the atmosphere around them.

モモに憑かれて presents the literary world of 吉永尚子 as an award-recognized work.

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河合民子 かわい たみこ honorable mention

八月のコスモス is an award-recognized work by 河合民子. It uses the impression carried by its title as an entry point into the movement of people and the atmosphere around them.

八月のコスモス presents the literary world of 河合民子 as an award-recognized work.

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富崎喜代美 とみざき きよみ honorable mention

かたつむり is a work by 富崎喜代美 recognized by the 九州芸術祭文学賞. It is introduced here as the prize-winning work itself, with the available publication data checked against Japanese bibliographic sources.

かたつむり brought wider attention to 富崎喜代美's writing through its prize recognition.

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Sadatoshi Ooshiro おおしろ さだとし honorable mention

サーンド・クラッシュ is a work by 大城貞俊 associated with kyushu-art-festival-literary-award/2000-1#0. Even where a standalone book could not be confirmed in public sources, it is identified through its award context.

サーンド・クラッシュ by 大城貞俊 is a work preserved through its award history.

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Tamaki Daido だいどう たまき best work

裸 is a novel by 大道珠貴. The work approaches its subject through the people, places, memories, or social tensions suggested by the title.

裸 brings together the shape of a novel with 大道珠貴's central concerns.

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勝連繁雄 かつれん しげお honorable mention

神様の失敗 is a work by 勝連繁雄 and a title recognized in the context of its literary award. It can be read as a work that develops its themes through the motives suggested by the title, the characters' actions, and the atmosphere around them.

神様の失敗 leaves readers with the central concerns for which the work was recognized.

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染矢直己 そめや なおき honorable mention

大巾着 is a work by 染谷直樹 and a title recognized in the context of its literary award. It can be read as a work that develops its themes through the motives suggested by the title, the characters' actions, and the atmosphere around them.

大巾着 leaves readers with the central concerns for which the work was recognized.

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崎山麻夫 さきやま まさお best work

妖魔 is a work by 崎山麻夫 that was recognized by the 九州芸術祭文学賞 in 1997. It is read as a published literary work.

妖魔, a work recognized by the 九州芸術祭文学賞.

Shun Medoruma めどるま しゅん best work

水滴 is a work by 目取真俊.

水滴, a work by 目取真俊.

田崎弘章 たさき ひろあき best work

静かの海 is a prize-recognized work that draws readers through its central subject, characters, and the texture of its period or setting.

静かの海 carries the distinctive qualities that made it a prize-recognized work.

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吉井恵璃子 よしい えりこ best work

フユ婆の月 by 吉井恵璃子 is a work recognized by kyushu-art-festival-literary-award. No standalone book identifiers were confirmed, so the entry focuses on the work itself.

An introduction to フユ婆の月 by 吉井恵璃子 in its award context.

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阿部忍 あべ しのぶ best work

ヒロの詩 is an award-winning work by 阿部忍, recognized by the 九州芸術祭文学賞. It presents its subject through the form suggested by the title and stands as part of the author's published career.

ヒロの詩 is a work by 阿部忍 honored by the 九州芸術祭文学賞.

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鶴ヶ野勉 つるがの つとむ best work

After the Kagura Dance is a Kyushu Art Festival Literary Award-winning story set against local ritual and communal memory. Through the quiet that remains after kagura, it looks at people's lives and the time held by a place.

After the heat of kagura has passed, memories sunk into the land quietly rise.

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中村喬次 なかむら きょうじ best work

A work rooted in Okinawan folk and mythic worlds, depicting communal change and what is lost as a way of life recedes.

A sound from deep within the land calls back a disappearing world.

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野島誠 のじま まこと best work

斜坑 is a literary work by 野島誠. It presents character, atmosphere, and social context through fiction or criticism.

斜坑 is an important work for reading 野島誠's expression in the context of 九州芸術祭文学賞.

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仲若直子 best work

犬盗人 by 仲若直子 was recognized by the 九州芸術祭文学賞. The work draws its force from the relationship between personal experience, social setting, and the author's distinctive perspective.

犬盗人 places human experience and the atmosphere of its time at the center of the work.

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Tami Sakiyama best work

水上往還 by 崎山多美 is a literary work that follows memory, relationships, and the shadows cast by time. As an award-winning work, it is framed around the concerns suggested by its title and leaves a quiet afterimage for the reader.

水上往還 layers people, time, and place behind the force of its compact title.

250 pages
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Michiko Iwamori best work

雪迎え is a fiction by 岩森道子. It can be read through the themes and narrative texture recognized at the time of the award, where people, places, and events come together.

雪迎え links the scene suggested by its title with the author's concerns, retaining the shape of an award-winning work.

259 pages
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風見治 best work

A prizewinning story associated with the Kyushu Art Festival Literary Award. It can be read as fiction that begins with bodily perception and small disturbances in everyday life, gradually unsettling the contours of the ordinary.

From the closeness of the body, the everyday world quietly begins to look different.

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Michiko Takeda honorable mention

A novel set against a closed landscape and tense relationships, using the image of an icy sea to reflect solitude and signs of change.

氷海の満つるとき presents 竹田道子's concerns in the form of an award-winning work.

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岸田啓 honorable mention

A work that uses the familiar yet ominous image of crows to draw out the darker edges of everyday life and sharp observation.

カラス presents 岸田慧's concerns in the form of an award-winning work.

小説日常不穏観察
青崎庚次 best work

“桼の葉揺れやまず” is a literary work by 青崎庚次. As a prize-winning work, it conveys the author's concerns and distinctive expression.

An entry point into 青崎庚次's literary world through the prize-winning work “桼の葉揺れやまず.”

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生田静香 honorable mention

お父ちゃん、ほたるになれ is a prize-recognized work. It approaches its central subject through the conditions of its time, social context, and individual experience.

お父ちゃん、ほたるになれ distills the author's concerns while retaining the shape of an award-recognized work.

255 pages
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木村英代 honorable mention

さくらベビーホテル is a prize-recognized work. It approaches its central subject through the conditions of its time, social context, and individual experience.

さくらベビーホテル distills the author's concerns while retaining the shape of an award-recognized work.

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蔵原惟和 best work

黄色いハイビカス is a prize-recognized work. It approaches its central subject through the conditions of its time, social context, and individual experience.

黄色いハイビカス distills the author's concerns while retaining the shape of an award-recognized work.

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佐々木信子 honorable mention

緋の袴 is a prize-recognized work. It approaches its central subject through the conditions of its time, social context, and individual experience.

緋の袴 distills the author's concerns while retaining the shape of an award-recognized work.

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西谷洋 best work

"Akizemi no Mura" is a short story by Yo Nishitani. Set in a village where autumn cicadas cry, it portrays the shadows within local life through the people who remain there, their silences, and the movement of the season.

A short story that draws out the shadows of local life from the time and silences of an autumn village.

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小山田正 おやまだ ただし honorable mention

一郎にすまぬ is a literary work by 小山田正, drawing the outlines of relationships and society by layering personal experience with the atmosphere of its time. Its prize record suggests recognition for the seriousness of its subject and the steadiness of its prose.

Personal memory and the atmosphere of an era overlap to form the outline of a quiet story.

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宮里尚安 みやざと なおやす honorable mention

馬走らす is a literary work by 宮里尚安, drawing the outlines of relationships and society by layering personal experience with the atmosphere of its time. Its prize record suggests recognition for the seriousness of its subject and the steadiness of its prose.

Personal memory and the atmosphere of an era overlap to form the outline of a quiet story.

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佐藤光子 さとう みつこ best work

賄賂 is a literary work by 佐藤光子, drawing the outlines of relationships and society by layering personal experience with the atmosphere of its time. Its prize record suggests recognition for the seriousness of its subject and the steadiness of its prose.

Personal memory and the atmosphere of an era overlap to form the outline of a quiet story.

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Matayoshi Eiki またよし えいき best work

The Wild Boar George Shot is a short story set in Okinawa under U.S. administration, following an American soldier whose mind frays in a base town. Violence, desire, and the atmosphere of occupation combine to illuminate postwar Okinawan history.

The heat and distortion of a base town push one soldier past the point of return.

301 pages
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Murata Kiyoko むらた きよこ best work

“Suichu no Koe” is an early story that launched Kiyoko Murata’s career, layering tactile reality with psychological unease through the sensation of a voice heard underwater.

Like a voice arriving from underwater, reality and inner life resonate in unstable overlap.

246 pages
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Hahakigi Hosei ははきぎ ほうせい best work

The Flag Standing on the Skull is an early work by Hosei Hahakigi and was collected in Sora no Shikishi. Its title and tension anticipate the author’s later interest in medicine and the darker regions of the mind, making it an important early prize-recognized work.

It portrays inner human unease with the tension of Hahakigi’s early fiction.

297 pages
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きだたかし きだたかし best work

黎明の河口 is a literary work by きだたかし. Recognized in 1974, it is valued for its focused voice and for the way it leaves a sense of people, place, and time with the reader.

黎明の河口 captures a sense of people and time within a tightly shaped form.

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小郷穆子 おごう むつこ best work

遠い日の墓標 is a literary work by 小郷穆子. Recognized in 1973, it is valued for its focused voice and for the way it leaves a sense of people, place, and time with the reader.

遠い日の墓標 captures a sense of people and time within a tightly shaped form.

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松原伊佐子 まつばら いさこ best work

巨人の城 is a 作品 by 松原伊佐子. It reflects the literary and publishing climate around its award year, with the person, place, or incident suggested by the title forming the center of the work.

巨人の城 conveys the force of its subject and the author's perspective as an award-winning work.

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高橋朔郎 たかはし さくろう excellent work

雨と瓢箪 is a 作品 by 高橋朔郎. It reflects the literary and publishing climate around its award year, with the person, place, or incident suggested by the title forming the center of the work.

雨と瓢箪 conveys the force of its subject and the author's perspective as an award-winning work.

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森田定治 もりた さだはる best work

オープン・セサミ is known as a work by 森田定治.

オープン・セサミ stands in 森田定治's award record.

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山田とし やまだ とし best work

白い切り紙 is a work by 山田とし recognized by the kyushu-art-festival-literary-award in 1970. It is presented here as an individual award-winning work, with bibliographic identifiers added where public records confirm a book edition.

白い切り紙, a work recognized by the kyushu-art-festival-literary-award.

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