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

Edition 39 (1985)

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Winners

15 people
吉村典子 よしむら のりこ award

A nonfiction work reconsidering childbirth and women's bodies from the viewpoint of lived experience, examining medicine, family, and social systems.

お産と出会う presents 吉村典子's concerns in the form of an award-winning work.

276 pages
出産女性医療ノンフィクション
Atsushi Ueda うえだ あつし award

An architectural and urban study of migration, housing, and the formation of modern cities, looking from lived spaces rather than plans alone.

流民の都市とすまい presents 上田篤's concerns in the form of an award-winning work.

447 pages
都市論住居建築移動
Shin'ichi Yamamuro やまむろ しんいち award

A study of the legal bureaucrats who shaped Meiji state institutions, tracing the relation between knowledge, power, and state design in modern Japan.

法制官僚の時代 国家の設計と知の歴程 presents 山室信一's concerns in the form of an award-winning work.

174 pages
近代日本法制史官僚制思想史
Hideo Nigi かずお ひでお award

A science book that uses animal observation to present behavior, individuality, and the liveliness of living creatures in an approachable way.

ゴンはオスでノンはメス presents 和田一雄's concerns in the form of an award-winning work.

科学読み物動物観察生命
Ishii Takeomi いしい たけおみ award

A five-volume human science series that treats human beings as biological, social, technological, and cultural beings.

ヒューマンサイエンス 全5巻 presents 石井威望's concerns in the form of an award-winning work.

人間科学literature and society学際研究科学
Takeo Suzuki すずき たけお special award

A comprehensive legal studies series covering major fields of law, recognized as a publishing achievement rather than a single monograph.

法律学全集 presents 鈴木竹雄's concerns in the form of an award-winning work.

法学literature and society専門書literature and society
Tanaka Jiro たなか じろう special award

Horitsugaku Zenshu is a systematic legal studies series published by Yuhikaku. Written by leading scholars across legal fields, it became a foundational reference for postwar legal education and research in Japan.

A multi-volume series that systematized the main fields of postwar Japanese legal scholarship.

legal studiesscholarly seriespostwar Japan
Hajime Kaneko かねこ いち special award

Horitsugaku Zenshu is Yuhikaku's multi-volume legal studies series covering fields such as civil, commercial, and public law. It is a scholarly publication that presents legal interpretation and institutional understanding in systematic form.

A systematic legal series for research and practice, organized by major fields of law.

legal systemscholarly publishinglegal interpretation
Ishii Teruhisa いしい てるひさ special award

Horitsugaku Zenshu is a major series that organized postwar Japanese legal scholarship by field. Through specialist writing by legal scholars, it provided a shared foundation for research, education, and practice.

A specialist series that builds legal knowledge volume by volume.

legal educationspecialist knowledgecollected series
熊野正平 くまの しょうへい special award

Kumano Chugokugo Daijiten is a Chinese-Japanese dictionary edited by Shohei Kumano. It gathers an extensive vocabulary and was published as a reference work for Chinese-language study and research.

A large-scale specialist dictionary of Chinese vocabulary.

1266 pages
Chinese languagedictionaryvocabulary
Shinzo Maeda まえだ しんぞう special award

A Shinzo Maeda photo book capturing the mountain villages, light, and seasons of Okumikawa with composed clarity.

奥三河 前田真三写真集 presents 前田真三's concerns in the form of an award-winning work.

95 pages
写真集風景奥三河季節
Suzuki Juuzou すずき しげぞう special award

A collection of early modern Japanese picture-book materials for children, reading Edo-period child culture through images and texts.

近世子どもの絵本集 presents 鈴木重三's concerns in the form of an award-winning work.

絵本史近世literature and society児童文化
Yaeko Kimura きむら やえこ special award

A collaboratively produced collection of early modern children's picture-book materials, combining documentary value with scholarly commentary.

近世子どもの絵本集 presents 木村八重子's concerns in the form of an award-winning work.

絵本史近世共同研究literature and society
Mitsutoshi Nakano なかの みとし special award

A research collection that makes visible Edo-period publishing and reading practices through picture books for children.

近世子どもの絵本集 presents 中野三敏's concerns in the form of an award-winning work.

近世文学書誌学児童文化絵本
肥田皓三 ひだ こうぞう special award

A source collection tracing the history of children's culture through early modern picture books, images, texts, and publishing contexts.

近世子どもの絵本集 presents 肥田晧三's concerns in the form of an award-winning work.

児童文化近世絵本資料集