Shosetsu Gendai Long-form Newcomer Award しょうせつげんだいちょうへんしんじんしょう
Edition 2 (2007)
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2 peopleSet at the Morita-za kabuki theatre in Edo, this historical novel follows young actor Umemura Hamaji after a morning-glory plant entrusted to him draws him into a series of troubles.
A strange morning glory placed in Hamaji's care is taken to a flower show, setting off a theft and a mystery in Edo's theatre world.
272 pages
Edokabukihuman bondsmystery solving
A coming-of-age ensemble drama portraying the hidden reality of a boy who sleeps and eats at Tokyo Station amid the turmoil of postwar Japan.
A coming-of-age ensemble drama following a boy striving to survive around Tokyo Station in postwar Japan.
221 pages
postwar JapanTokyo Stationyouthensemble drama