Yokomizo Seishi Mystery & Horror Grand Award よこみぞせいしみすてりあんどほらーたいしょう
Edition 5 (1985)
Winners
5 peopleThis Akutagawa Prize-winning story follows a woman living in Southern California as a thirteen-year return to New York forces her to face the distance from her husband's family and the pressure created by a ritual rooted in blood ties. Everyday life between cultures and the tension within the family build quietly throughout the narrative.
As she faces the family ritual, the protagonist's sense of place begins to shift.
A co-written mystery by Ryusei Ishii and Manami Ihara centered on a cipher hidden in postage-stamp designs.
As the cipher in the designs is decoded, the shape of the case comes into view.
This work was confirmed as a prize entry, but no standalone book edition could be verified.
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An early novel and Yokomizo Seishi Mystery Prize runner-up centered on Hokusai mysteries and an unpublished manuscript.
A new Hokusai-related manuscript and a case intersect.
This work was confirmed as a prize entry, but no standalone book edition could be verified.
No book edition could be confirmed via Amazon JP, NDL, or the publisher official site.