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Matsumoto Seicho Prize まつもとせいちょうしょう

Edition 2 (1995)

Entertainment novels

Winners

6 people
岡島伸吾 おかじま しんご honorable mention

A suspense novel built around さざんか, where unease and tension steadily build.

Unease steadily tightens its grip on the story.

148 pages
suspenseuneasetension
Mei Aoyama あおやま めい nominee

A short story that looks at the pain and bonds that remain through the hardening and fraying of human relationships.

The harder something is, the deeper the cracks run.

relationshipsmemoryrupture
佐々木基成 ささき もとなり nominee

This work is recorded as a finalist for the 2nd Seicho Matsumoto Award. No standalone book edition has been confirmed.

A period-fiction piece preserved as a finalist entry.

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清水風慈 しみず ふうじ nominee

影踏み is recorded as a prize work, but no standalone book publication could be confirmed.

Details about 影踏み remain in award records.

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霜月烈 しもつき れつ nominee

A suspense novel built around 寒月, where unease and tension steadily build.

Unease steadily tightens its grip on the story.

544 pages
suspenseuneasetension
村雨貞郎 むらさめ さだろう nominee

A short story that captures the violence and hunger hidden inside people from an allegorical distance.

A horror as if people could devour one another quietly draws near.

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