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Rekishi Gunzo Grand Award れきしぐんぞうたいしょう

Edition 11 (2005)

Simulation novelsWar chronicle novelsHistorical novelsPeriod novels

Winners

3 people
高妻秀樹 grand prize

Set as the age moves toward peace after Sekigahara, this historical sword novel follows the Higo Kumamoto swordsman Morimoto Ukondayu Kazufusa, master of the Taisha two-sword style, in his pursuit of the limits of martial art.

A graceful swordsman from Higo opens a new horizon of martial art with an unrivaled two-sword style.

454 pages
historical fictionswordsmanafter Sekigaharamartial strategyTaisha style
Hiroshi Ito いとう ひろし honorable mention

This work is confirmed as an honorable-mention title in the Rekishi Gunzo Grand Award. Later author profiles mention it as an award-winning work, but no standalone book or paperback publication of the work itself could be confirmed.

A historical novel recorded in the award history, though no book publication could be confirmed.

historical fictionRekishi Gunzo Grand Awardhonorable mentionpublication unconfirmed
鋭電力 encouragement award

An alternate-war novel set in a postwar fictional world, where American giant battleships and Japan’s aviation escort fleet confront a Soviet naval advance. It is a military adventure centered on naval power and carrier operations.

An alternate naval battle under Cold War pressure, where giant battleships and aviation escorts collide.

248 pages
alternate war fictionnaval battleaircraft carriersCold Warmilitary fiction