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Mainichi Publishing Culture Award まいにちしゅっぱんぶんかしょう

Edition 22 (1968)

Literature and Arts CategoryHumanities and Social Sciences CategoryNatural Sciences CategoryPlanning CategorySpecial Award

Winners

10 people
Fuji Masaharu ふじ まさはる award

桂春団治 by 富士正晴 follows people, society, and historical change with careful attention to the concerns of its time. Its strength lies in turning a demanding subject into prose that remains accessible to readers.

桂春団治 is an award-winning work that brings together the mood of its time and the inner lives of people.

278 pages
postwar literatureself and societymemory
Takeshi Kaikō かいこう けん award

A novel based on experience in Vietnam during the war. In dense prose, it depicts light and darkness on the battlefield, the gaze of a reporter, and human sensation under violence.

輝ける闇 stands as an award-winning work by 開高健, leaving readers with the central theme suggested by its title.

218 pages
war literatureVietnam Warjournalist
Uchida Yoshihiko うちだ よしひこ award

日本資本主義の思想像 by 内田義彦 follows people, society, and historical change with careful attention to the concerns of its time. Its strength lies in turning a demanding subject into prose that remains accessible to readers.

日本資本主義の思想像 is an award-winning work that brings together the mood of its time and the inner lives of people.

scholarshipthoughtsociety
Shunpei Ueyama うえやま しゅんぺい award

A study that reconsiders the Meiji Restoration from intellectual and social-historical perspectives. It analyzes changes in consciousness and institutions that formed modern Japan, not only political change.

明治維新の分析視点 stands as an award-winning work by 上山春平, leaving readers with the central theme suggested by its title.

Meiji Restorationintellectual historymodern Japan
Egami Namio えがみ なみお award

Horse-Rider State is a historical study that considers the formation of the ancient Japanese state through links with Inner Asian equestrian peoples. Its bold hypothesis connects archaeology, migration, and royal power, and it became a provocative work in debates on early Japanese history.

騎馬民族国家 is an award-winning work that brings together the mood of its time and the inner lives of people.

361 pages
scholarshipthoughtsociety
Katsuichi Honda ほんだ かついち award

A work of reportage following civilian life and suffering in villages during the Vietnam War. It depicts war not from the viewpoint of states or armies, but through the experiences of villagers.

戦場の村 ベトナム 戦争と民衆 stands as an award-winning work by 本多勝一, leaving readers with the central theme suggested by its title.

Vietnam Warreportagecivilians
Kazutomo Imahori いまぼり かずとも award

生命と分子 by 今堀和友 follows people, society, and historical change with careful attention to the concerns of its time. Its strength lies in turning a demanding subject into prose that remains accessible to readers.

生命と分子 is an award-winning work that brings together the mood of its time and the inner lives of people.

220 pages
scholarshipthoughtsociety
尾川宏 おがわ ひろし award

An art book on forms made from paper. Through folding, cutting, and assembling, it shows the expressive possibilities of a familiar material.

紙のフォルム stands as an award-winning work by 尾川宏, leaving readers with the central theme suggested by its title.

form makingpaperart
Takashi Muramatsu むらまつ たかし award

A work of reportage and criticism on the relationship between schools and society. Through children, teachers, and institutions, it considers the problems of postwar Japanese education.

教育の森 stands as an award-winning work by 村松喬, leaving readers with the central theme suggested by its title.

educationreportagepostwar society
新世紀辞典 しんせいき じてん special award

A large general encyclopedia and dictionary from Gakken. Covering natural sciences, humanities, social sciences, and everyday terms, it offered an entry point to broad knowledge for home and school use.

学研新世紀大辞典 stands as an award-winning work by 新世紀辞典, leaving readers with the central theme suggested by its title.

dictionaryencyclopedialearning