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

Edition 60 (2006)

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Winners

5 people
Paul Claudel award

Paul Claudel's monumental verse drama unfolds across a vast world reminiscent of Spain's Golden Age, bringing together impossible love, faith, and devotion over four dramatic days.

繻子の靴 is a work with a distinctive character worthy of its award recognition.

480 pages
verse dramafaithforbidden loveworld theatre

This historical nonfiction work uses confidential meeting records between Puyi and Japanese officials to examine Manchukuo's power structure and the reality of the Last Emperor.

満州国皇帝の秘録 is a work with a distinctive character worthy of its award recognition.

406 pages
ManchukuoPuyimodern historydiplomatic records

A substantial study of Galileo's view of nature and mathematical description, approached through both the history of science and intellectual history.

ガリレオの迷宮 is a work with a distinctive character worthy of its award recognition.

542 pages
history of scienceGalileomathematical natureintellectual history

A five-volume collection of Katsumi Masuda's essays on setsuwa literature, classical Japanese literature, folklore studies, and literary education.

益田勝実の仕事 is a work with a distinctive character worthy of its award recognition.

591 pages
Japanese literary studiessetsuwa literaturefolklore studiesliterary education
Arakawa Yoji book review award

Yoji Arakawa's essays on reading and literature reconsider what it means to read works from the past amid changes in contemporary language and society.

過去をもつ人 is a work with a distinctive character worthy of its award recognition.

232 pages
readingliterary criticismthe pastessays