Naoki Sanjugo Award なおきさんじゅうごしょう
Edition 28 (1952, held 2 times in year)
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1 peopleHanran is Nobuyuki Tachino's long novel about the February 26 Incident. It depicts the conflict between the Toseiha and Kodoha factions inside the army, the Aizawa Incident, and the young officers' uprising and failure against a background of political corruption and military intervention in politics. As a document-style novel, it follows the passion, miscalculation, and eventual condemnation of those who rose in revolt, and it won the 28th Naoki Prize.
A snowy-morning uprising turns from a dream of restoration into the name of rebellion.
685 pages
February 26 Incidentyoung officersmilitary politicsidealism and miscalculationhistorical novel