Robo no Ishi Literary Award
ろぼうのいしぶんがくしょう
A literary award established by the Ishikawa Cultural Foundation.
- Established
- 1979
- Organizer
- Ishikawa Cultural Foundation
- Category
- Children's Literature, Fairy Tales, and Picture Books
- Target
- Professional
- Frequency
- 1 per year
- Status
- Ended
Description
To honor the achievements of Yamamoto Yuzo, the author of "Robo no Ishi," it is awarded to various works. It has been on hiatus since the 23rd award (2001). Tochigi City, Yamamoto Yuzo Hometown Memorial Association, and Ishikawa Cultural Foundation—the three parties—are considering new initiatives.
Related Awards
- Robo no Ishi Juvenile Literary Award
Past Winners
精霊の守り人 is a children's fantasy by 上橋 菜穂子. It focuses on 女用心棒バルサが、精霊の卵を宿した皇子チャグムを守るため追手と運命に立ち向かう。
精霊の守り人 uses the world suggested by its title to bring people and their times into quiet focus.
キッドナップ・ツアー is a work by 角田光代. 少女が別居中の父に連れ出され、ぎこちない旅の中で親子の距離を測り直す児童文学。軽やかな語りの奥に家族の痛みがあります。
キッドナップ・ツアー centers on 家族 and presents its characters through a distinctive literary frame.
ときどきの少年 is a work by 五味太郎. 少年期の感覚を絵と言葉で切り取る作品。ユーモアと余白のある表現で、子どもの内面や世界の見え方を描きます。
ときどきの少年 centers on 少年期 and presents its characters through a distinctive literary frame.
ぼくの小鳥ちゃん is a work by 江國香織. It presents its subject through a focused literary frame, drawing out the emotional and social tensions suggested by the Japanese description.
ぼくの小鳥ちゃん uses 小鳥 as an entry point into human feeling and the atmosphere of its time.
イグアナくんのおじゃまな毎日 is a work by 佐藤多佳子. It presents its subject through a focused literary frame, drawing out the emotional and social tensions suggested by the Japanese description.
イグアナくんのおじゃまな毎日 uses 児童文学 as an entry point into human feeling and the atmosphere of its time.
アーモンド入りチョコレートのワルツ is a work by 森絵都. Recognized by the 路傍の石文学賞, it reflects the author's concerns and the literary context around the work.
A work recognized by the 路傍の石文学賞, showing 森絵都's distinctive voice.
千曲川-そして、明日の海へ is a work by 小宮山量平. Recognized by the 路傍の石文学賞, it reflects the author's concerns and the literary context around the work.
A work recognized by the 路傍の石文学賞, showing 小宮山量平's distinctive voice.
イヌのヒロシ is an award-recognized work by 三木卓. It leads readers toward the concerns suggested by its title through people, period, society, and memory.
イヌのヒロシ is a work by 三木卓 that continues to be read through its award recognition.
神沢利子コレクション 全5巻 is a work by 神沢利子 associated with the 路傍の石文学賞. It can be read as a work that follows its subject through people, time, place, and memory.
Under the title 神沢利子コレクション 全5巻, the work foregrounds 神沢利子's engagement with its subject.
迷い鳥とぶ、ステゴザウルス is a 文学作品 by 岩瀬成子. It is known as a 1995 award-recognized work and can be introduced through its title, genre, and authorial context.
A work that conveys 岩瀬成子's style through the world suggested by the title 迷い鳥とぶ、ステゴザウルス.
A story about tricksters that explores weakness, resilience, and the risk involved in trusting others.
さぎ師たちの空 uses 児童文学 as an entry point into human emotion.
カモメの家 is a children’s literary work by 山下明生. It stays close to a child’s point of view and portrays growth, imagination, and relationships.
カモメの家 is an award-winning work that concentrates 山下明生’s style and central concerns.
The award recognized Shuhei Hasegawa's Stone and Diamond and Pencil Sketches of Mr. Koike together. The two books approach family, expression, and young sensibility, asking questions about how to live beyond the usual frame of children's literature.
Family memory and the longing for expression quietly move the young protagonists.
深呼吸の必要、心の中にもっている問題 by 長田弘 is a prize-recognized work. 日常の言葉を静かに見つめ、呼吸や心の置き場を問い直す詩的な作品群。内面に残る違和感や沈黙を丁寧にすくい上げる。
深呼吸の必要、心の中にもっている問題 shows the central qualities of 長田弘.
ざわめきやまない is an award-winning work by 高田桂子. Available bibliographic sources identify it as a work published or cataloged in connection with the award.
ざわめきやまない, an award-winning work by 高田桂子.
ぽっぺん先生シリーズ is a 文学作品 by 舟崎克彦. Recognized by the award, it centers on the scene or relationship suggested by its title and draws the reader into memory, place, and the atmosphere of its time.
As an award-recognized work, ぽっぺん先生シリーズ leaves a sense of people and their era beneath its quiet title.
まぼろしの難波宮―山根徳太郎物語 is a work for younger readers by 浜田けい子, attentive to growing up, family, friendship, and the pleasure of discovering the world.
まぼろしの難波宮―山根徳太郎物語 is a work for younger readers by 浜田けい子, attentive to growing up, family, friendship, and the pleasure of discovering the world.
ぼんぼん is a work for younger readers by 今江祥智, attentive to growing up, family, friendship, and the pleasure of discovering the world.
ぼんぼん is a work for younger readers by 今江祥智, attentive to growing up, family, friendship, and the pleasure of discovering the world.
光の消えた日 is a children's book by Inui Tomiko and a winner of 路傍の石文学賞.
光の消えた日 is an essential work in the award history of Inui Tomiko.
Sukeyuki Imanishi’s children’s novel brings together Hokkaido, Ainu history, and a boy’s growth. Memories of people living close to nature and the boy’s encounter with another culture quietly sustain the story.
A work of children’s literature that joins northern memory with a boy’s growth and passes history on through story.
母恋い放浪記 is a 自伝的小説 by 西村滋. This payload records the award-winning work with the bibliographic information that could be confirmed.
母恋い放浪記 represents award-recognized work by 西村滋.
わたしのママはしずかさん is a prize-winning work shaped by its subject matter and the author's point of view. Through the people, places, events, or memories suggested by the title, it conveys the atmosphere of its time and the tensions of human relationships.
わたしのママはしずかさん draws out human lives and the shape of its time through the implications carried by its title.
An autobiographical work portraying days at Tomoe Gakuen through a child’s point of view. A headmaster’s attentive care and a free learning environment allow one girl’s individuality to flourish.
窓ぎわのトットちゃん is a work that explores human feeling and the atmosphere of its time through 記憶.
A children’s novel about the uncertainty and joy found in education, seen through a young teacher caring for children. The story is sustained by the weight of nurturing others and the children’s direct responses.
子守学校の女先生 is a work that explores human feeling and the atmosphere of its time through 成長.
北の国から is a work by 倉本聰 recognized in the literary-award context around 1982. It can be read through its title, subject matter, and the author's concerns within the atmosphere of its period.
北の国から by 倉本聰 remains associated with its award recognition.
Set in 1941 as war spreads, this children's novel follows a Christian middle-school boy as he observes religion and war through his school life. The setting of a school connected to the Shinpuren tradition brings together faith, nation, and the inner life of a boy.
In wartime school life, a boy looks at faith and war with his own eyes.
This children's work by Takashi Kawamura depicts village life with cattle through a child's eyes. Layering the separation of a cow and calf, family life, and deep empathy for animals, it quietly brings out the labor of rural life and the emotions bound up with living creatures.
As a girl watches a cow's tears, the pain of parting between humans and animals becomes one continuous feeling.
太陽の子 is a 児童文学 work by 灰谷健次郎, recorded as an award-winning work around 1979. It follows people and society while conveying the atmosphere and shifting values of its time.
An award-winning work that quietly illuminates its era and its people through 灰谷健次郎's perspective.