Mishima Yukio Prize

Award

Mishima Yukio Prize

三島由紀夫賞 (Mishima Yukio Shō)
Awarded for| Groundbreaking novel, criticism, poetry, or play
Date| 1988 (1988)
Country| Japan
Presented by| Shinchō Society for the Promotion of Literary Arts
Reward(s)| ¥1,000,000
First award| 1988
Final award| 2024
Website| www.shinchosha.co.jp/prizes/mishimasho/
A portrait of Yukio Mishima, 1955.

The Mishima Yukio Prize (三島由紀夫賞, Mishima Yukio Shō) is a Japanese literary award presented annually. It was established in 1988 in memory of author Yukio Mishima.[1] The Mishima Yukio Prize is explicitly intended for work that "breaks new ground for the future of literature," and prize winners tend to be more controversial and experimental than winners of the more traditional Akutagawa Prize.[2] It is awarded in the same annual ceremony as the Yamamoto Shūgorō Prize, which was established by the same sponsor in 1988 to recognize popular writing and genre fiction.[3]

## Winners

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Shinchosha, the award's sponsor, maintains an official archive of award nominee and recipient information.[4]

| Year  | Winner  | Winning entry

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1  | 1988 | Genichiro Takahashi | Yūga de Kanshōteki na Nippon Yakyū (優雅で感傷的な日本野球)
2  | 1989 | Akira Ooka | Tasogare no Sutōmu Shīdingu [Storm Seeding] (黄昏のストーム・シーディング)
3  | 1990 | Jugi Hisama | Seikimatsu Geigeiki (世紀末鯨鯢記)
4  | 1991 | Kazumi Saeki | A Loose Boy (ア・ルース・ボーイ, A Rūsu Bōi)
5  | 1992 | no applicable work |
6  | 1993 | Chokitsu Kurumatani | Shiotsubo no Saji (塩壺の匙)
Kazuya Fukuda | Nihon no kakyō (日本の家郷)
7  | 1994 | Yoriko Shono | Nihyakkaiki (二百回忌)
8  | 1995 | Masayo Yamamoto | Midori-iro no Nigotta Ocha Arui wa Kōfuku no Sampo-michi (緑色の濁ったお茶あるいは幸福の散歩道)
9  | 1996 | Hisaki Matsuura | Orikuchi Shinobu Ron (折口信夫論)
10  | 1997 | Satoru Higuchi | Sangen no Yūwaku: Kindai Nihon Seishin-shi Oboe-gaki (三絃の誘惑 近代日本精神史覚え書)
11  | 1998 | Kyoji Kobayashi | Kabuki no Hi (カブキの日)
12  | 1999 | Suzuki Seigō | Rokkun rōru [Rock’n’Roll] mishin (ロックンロールミシン)
Toshiyuki Horie | Oparaban (おぱらばん)
13  | 2000 | Tomoyuki Hoshino | “Wake Up,” Sings the Mermaid (目覚めよと人魚は歌う, Mezameyo to Ningyo wa Utau)
14  | 2001 | Shinji Aoyama | EUREKA (Novel)
Masaya Nakahara | Bouquets of Flowers Everywhere (あらゆる場所に花束が……, Arayuru Basho ni Hanataba ga......)
15  | 2002 | Masatsugu Ono | Boat on a Choppy Bay (にぎやかな湾に背負われた船, Nigiyaka na Wan ni Seowareta Fune)
16  | 2003 | Otaro Maijo | Asura Girl (阿修羅ガール, Ashura Gāru)
17  | 2004 | Toshihiko Yahagi | La-la-la Child of Science (ららら科學の子, Rarara Kagaku no Ko)
18  | 2005 | Maki Kashimada | Love at 6,000 Degrees Celsius (六〇〇〇度の愛, Rokusendo no Ai)
19  | 2006 | Hideo Furukawa | LOVE
20  | 2007 | Yuya Sato | 1000 Novels and Backbeard (1000の小説とバックベアード, Sen no Shōsetsu to Bakkubeādo)
21  | 2008 | Shinya Tanaka | The Broken Chain (切れた鎖, Kireta Kusari)
22  | 2009 | Shiro Maeda | Merman in Summer Waters (夏の水の半魚人, Natsu no Mizu no Hangyojin)
23  | 2010 | Hiroki Azuma | Quantum Families (クォンタム・ファミリーズ, Kwontamu Famirīzu)
24  | 2011 | Natsuko Imamura | Amiko Here (こちらあみ子, Kochira Amiko)
25  | 2012 | Jungo Aoki | Watashi no Inai Kōkō (私のいない高校)
26  | 2013 | Sayaka Murata | Of Bones, of Body Heat, of Whitening City (しろいろの街の、その骨の体温の, Shiro-iro no Machi no, Sono Hone no Taion no)
27  | 2014 | Yukiko Motoya | Jibun o Suki ni Naru Hōhō (自分を好きになる方法)
28  | 2015 | Takahiro Ueda | My One True Love (私の恋人, Watashi no koibito)
29  | 2016 | Shigehiko Hasumi | Hakushaku fujin (伯爵夫人)
30  | 2017 | Yusuke Miyauchi | Garden of Kabul (カブールの園, Kabul no Sono)[5]
31  | 2018 | Natsuki Koyata | Mugen no Gen (無限の玄)[6]
32  | 2019 | Michiko Mikuni | Ikarekoro (いかれころ)[7]
33  | 2020 | Rin Usami | Kaka (かか)[8]
34  | 2021 | Yusuke Norishiro [ja] | Tabi Suru Renshū (旅する練習)
35  | 2022 | Toshiki Okada | Burokkorī Reboryūshon (ブロッコリー・レボリューション)
36  | 2023 | Aki Asahina [ja] | Shokubutsu Shōjo (植物少女)
37  | 2024 | Stephanie Kanto Ota [ja] | Midori Iseki (みどりいせき)

## Members of the selection committee

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* From 1st to 4th: Kenzaburō Ōe, Jun Eto, Kenji Nakagami, Yasutaka Tsutsui, Teru Miyamoto
* From 5th to 8th: Shintaro Ishihara, Jun Eto, Genichiro Takahashi, Yasutaka Tsutsui, Teru Miyamoto
* From 9th to 12th: So Aono, Shitaro Ishihara, Jun Eto, Yasutaka Tsutsui, Teru Miyamoto
* From 13th to 20th: Masahiko Shimada, Nobuko Takagi, Yasutaka Tsutsui, Kazuya Fukuda, Teru Miyamoto
* From 21st to 24th: Yōko Ogawa, Hiromi Kawakami, Noboru Tsujihara, Keiichiro Hirano, Ko Machida
* Current members: Hiromi Kawakami, Kaoru Takamura, Noboru Tsujihara, Keiichiro Hirano, Ko Machida

## Available in English translation

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### Nominees

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* 1988 (1st) - Banana Yoshimoto, Kitchen
* 1994 (7th) - Rieko Matsuura, The Apprenticeship of Big Toe P (trans. Michael Emmerich, Kodansha USA, 2010)
* 2003 (16th) - Novala Takemoto, Emily (trans. Misa Dikengil Lindberg, Shueisha English Edition, 2013)[9]

### Winners

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* 2003 (16th) - Otaro Maijo, Asura Girl (trans. Stephen Snyder, Haikasoru, 2014, ISBN 9781421581293)

## Notes

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1. ^ Fukue, Natsuko (February 14, 2012). "Literary awards run spectrum". The Japan Times. Retrieved August 20, 2018.
2. ^ "Mishima Yukio Prize". Books from Japan. Retrieved August 20, 2018.
3. ^ Kikuchi, Daisuke (May 16, 2016). "Crime and thriller writer Kanae Minato named winner of Yamamoto Shugoro Prize". The Japan Times. Retrieved August 23, 2018.
4. ^ 三島由紀夫賞 [Mishima Yukio Prize] (in Japanese). Shinchosha. Retrieved August 20, 2018.
5. ^ "Novel depicting Japanese-Americans' struggles wins Mishima Yukio literary prize". Mainichi Shimbun. May 20, 2017. Retrieved August 20, 2018.
6. ^ 三島賞に古谷田奈月さん、山本賞は小川哲さん. Asahi Shimbun (in Japanese). May 16, 2018. Retrieved August 20, 2018.
7. ^ "三島由紀夫賞に「いかれころ」、山本周五郎賞は「平場の月」 受賞作品決まる". Mainichi Shimbun (in Japanese). May 15, 2019. Retrieved May 19, 2019.
8. ^ "第33回三島由紀夫賞に宇佐見りんさん「かか」、山本周五郎賞に早見和真さん「ザ・ロイヤルファミリー」". book.asahi.com (in Japanese). 17 September 2020. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
9. ^ Emily - A Novel by Novala Takemoto (Shueisha English Edition) Archived 2013-12-12 at the Wayback Machine

## See also

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* List of Japanese literary awards

## External links

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* Official Website (in Japanese)

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Japanese literary awards

* Agatha Christie Award (Japan)
* Akutagawa Prize
* Animax Taishō
* Ayukawa Tetsuya Award
* Bungei Prize
* Dazai Osamu Prize
* Dengeki hp Tanpenshōsetsu Shō
* Dengeki Novel Prize
* Edogawa Rampo Prize
* Gunzo Prize for New Writers
* Hayakawa's S-F Magazine Reader's Award
* Hayakawa SF Contest
* Honkaku Mystery Award
* Izumi Kyōka Prize for Literature
* Japan Adventure Fiction Association Prize
* Japan Booksellers' Award
* Japan Fantasy Novel Award
* Kikuchi Kan Prize
* Light Novel Award
* Mephisto Prize
* Mishima Yukio Prize
* Murasaki Shikibu Literary Prize
* Mystery Writers of Japan Award
* Naoki Prize
* Nihon SF Taisho Award
* Noma Award for Publishing in Africa
* Noma Award for the Translation of Japanese Literature
* Noma Literary Prize
* Ōe Kenzaburō Prize
* Seiun Award
* Sogen SF Short Story Prize
* Super Dash Novel Rookie of the Year Award
* Tanizaki Prize
* Yamamoto Shūgorō Prize
* Yomiuri Prize

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Yukio Mishima

* Bibliography

Prose books|

* Confessions of a Mask (1949)
* Thirst for Love (1950)
* Forbidden Colors (1951, 1953)
* Death in Midsummer and Other Stories (1952)
* The Sound of Waves (1954)
* The Temple of the Golden Pavilion (1956)
* Kyoko's House (1959)
* After the Banquet (1960)
* The Frolic of the Beasts (1961)
* Beautiful Star (1962)
* The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea (1963)
* The School of Flesh (1964)
* Silk and Insight (1964)
* Acts of Worship (1965)
* Sun and Steel (1968)
* Life for Sale (1968)
* The Sea of Fertility
* Spring Snow (1969)
* Runaway Horses (1969)
* The Temple of Dawn (1970)
* The Decay of the Angel (1971)

Short stories|

* "Death in Midsummer" (1952)
* "Patriotism" (1960)
* "Star" (1960)

Drama|

* Five Modern Noh Plays (1950–1955)
* The Lady Aoi (1954)
* Iwashi Uri Koi Hikiami (1954)
* Rokumeikan (1956)
* Madame de Sade (1965)
* My Friend Hitler (1968)

Film|

* Patriotism (1966)

Works about|

* The Moon in the Water (1979)
* Mishima: A Vision of the Void (1981)
* Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985)
* 11:25 The Day He Chose His Own Fate (2012)
* Persona: A Biography of Yukio Mishima (2012)

Related topics|

* Conservatism in Japan
* Tatenokai
* Yukio Mishima Prize
* The Lady Aoi (Bahram Beyzai production)

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