Osaragi Jiro Award おさらぎじろうしょう
Edition 47 (2020)
NovelsNon-fictionHistorical books
Winners
1 peopleA nonfiction work that focuses on Hayashi Yoken, the arsonist in the Kinkaku-ji incident, and reconstructs the background of the case from a psychopathological perspective while also referencing Mishima Yukio's 'The Temple of the Golden Pavilion'.
It follows the contours of a madness that cannot be reduced to motive.
228 pages
Hayashi YokenMishima Yukiopsychopathologymadnessnonfiction