Nakayama Gishu Literary Award なかやまぎしゅうぶんがくしょう
Edition 30 (2024)
Historical novelsPeriod novels
Winners
3 people
Toru Arayama
award
A historical novel about Emperor Kogon, who lived through the upheaval of the Northern and Southern Courts and continued to seek the meaning of emperorship after his enthronement was denied.
What did an emperor erased from history seek to preserve in an age of upheaval?
416 pages
Northern and Southern CourtsEmperor Kogonsuccessionhistorical fiction
Ryo Takeuchi
nominee
Sayako Nagai
nominee