Matsumoto Seicho Prize まつもとせいちょうしょう
Edition 1 (1994)
Winners
7 peopleA period-piece award winner about three mountain hunters who kill an enemy without knowing that their side has already surrendered.
The three men move forward unaware that the war has already changed, leaving a quiet afterimage.
A historical novel that uses 穴惑い to trace human motives amid the currents of its era.
Human choices rise into view against the era’s atmosphere.
A story included in the short-story collection "Yami no Taimatsu," set in the Sengoku period and focused on the fates and tensions of warriors.
A blade carves sorrow into the world.
This work is recorded as a finalist for the 1st Seicho Matsumoto Award. No standalone book edition has been confirmed.
A period-mystery piece preserved as a finalist entry.
キャデイヴァー・ドナー is recorded as a prize work, but no standalone book publication could be confirmed.
Details about キャデイヴァー・ドナー remain in award records.
A suspense novel built around 昏い通路, where unease and tension steadily build.
Unease steadily tightens its grip on the story.
A short story that traces the distance from the past through faded memory and the pain of looking back.
The past can only return through a sepia-colored gaze.