# Izumi Kyōka Prize for Literature

Izumi Kyōka Prize for Literature (泉鏡花文学賞, Izumi Kyōka Bungaku Shō) is a prize for literature in Japan named for Kyōka Izumi. It was established and started in 1973 to commemorate the 100th year since the birth of Kyōka Izumi. Kanazawa city, where Izumi was born, organizes this prize. Usually the award goes to one recipient, though there have been exceptions.

## List of Prize-winning works

The City of Kanazawa, Japan maintains a list of current and past winning works.

### First to 10th

| Times (Year) | Winner | Winning Work |
| 1st (1973) | Ryō Hanmura | Musubi no Yama Hiroku (産霊山秘録) |
| 1st (1973) | Toshio Moriuchi | Tobu Kage (翔ぶ影) |
| 2nd (1974) | Hideo Nakai (JA) | Akumu no Karuta (悪夢の骨牌) |
| 3rd (1975) | Mori Mari | Amai Mitsu no Heya (甘い蜜の部屋) |
| 4th (1976) | Takako Takahashi | Yūwakusha (誘惑者) |
| 5th (1977) | Takehiro Irokawa | Ayashii Raikyakubo (怪しい来客簿) |
| 5th (1977) | Yūko Tsushima | Kusa no Fushido (草の臥所) |
| 6th (1978) | Jūzou Kara (JA) | Hitode, Kappa (海星・河童（ひとで・かっぱ）) |
| 7th (1979) | Taku Mayumura | Shōmetsu no Kōrin (消滅の光輪) |
| 7th (1979) | Mieko Kanai | Platon-teki Ren'ai (プラトン的恋愛, Puraton-teki Ren'ai) |
| 8th (1980) | Kunio Shimizu | Waga Tamashii wa Kagayaku Mizu Nari (わが魂は輝く水なり) |
| 8th (1980) | Makiko Mori (JA) | Yuki Onna (雪女) |
| 9th (1981) | Tatsuhiko Shibusawa | Karakusa Monogatari (唐草物語) |
| 9th (1981) | Yasutaka Tsutsui | Kyojin-tachi (虚人たち) |
| 10th (1982) | Keizo Hino | Hōyō (抱擁) |

### 11th to 20th

| Times (Year) | Winner | Winning Work |
| 11th (1983) | Kazuko Saegusa (JA) | Onidomo no Yoru wa Fukai (鬼どもの夜は深い) |
| 11th (1983) | Haku Kohiyama (JA) | Hikaru Onna (光る女) |
| 12th (1984) | Akae Baku | Kaikyō (海峡) |
| 12th (1984) | Akae Baku | Yakumo ga Koroshita (八雲が殺した) |
| 13th (1985) | Shunzō Miyawaki (JA) | Satsui no Fūkei (殺意の風景) |
| 14th (1986) | Mizuko Masuda | Single Seru (シングル・セル, Shinguru Seru) |
| 15th (1987) | Yumiko Kurahashi | Amanon koku ōkanki (アマノン国往還記) |
| 15th (1987) | Hideo Asaine (JA) | Shūji no Hōrō (シュージの放浪) |
| 16th (1988) | Tsumao Awasaka (JA) | Oriduru (折鶴) |
| 16th (1988) | Banana Yoshimoto | Mūnraito Shadō (Moonlight Shadow, ムーンライト・シャドウ) |
| 17th (1989) | Taka Isawa (JA) | Nowaki Sakaba (野分酒場) |
| 17th (1989) | Aiko Kitahara (JA) | Fukagawa Mio-dōri Kidobangoya (深川澪通り木戸番小屋) |
| 18th (1990) | Jōkichi Hikage (JA) | Doro Kisha (泥汽車) |
| 19th (1991) | Enjeru Ui or Angel Ui (JA) | Odorō, Maya (踊ろう・マヤ) |
| 20th (1992) | Megumu Sagisawa | Kakeru Shōnen (駆ける少年) |
| 20th (1992) | Masahiko Shimada | Higan Sensei (彼岸先生) |

### 21st to 30th

| Times (Year) | Winner | Winning Work |
| 21st (1993) | Michiko Yamamoto | Mofuku no Ko (喪服の子) |
| 22nd (1994) | (no winning works) | (no winning works) |
| 23rd (1995) | Akira Tsuji (JA) | Yume no Hōi (夢の方位) |
| 24th (1996) | Miri Yū | Full House (フルハウス Furu hausu) |
| 24th (1996) | Eimi Yamada | Animal logic (アニマル・ ロジック, Animaru rojikku) |
| 25th (1997) | Tomomi Muramatsu | Kamakura no Obasan (鎌倉のおばさん) |
| 25th (1997) | Natsuhiko Kyōgoku | Warau Iemon (嗤う伊右衛門) |
| 26th (1998) | Seiko Tanabe | Dōton-bori no ame ni wakarete irai nari - Senryū sakka Kishimoto Suifu to sono jidai (道頓堀の雨に別れて以来なり──川柳作家・岸本水府とその時代) |
| 27th (1999) | Tomoko Yoshida | Hako no Otto (箱の夫) |
| 27th (1999) | Suehiro Tanemura | Tanemura Suehiro no Neo rabirintosu "Gensō no Erosu" and other work(s) (種村季弘のネオ・ラビリントス「幻想のエロス」 Tanemura Suehiro no Neo-Labyrinthos "Gensō no Eros") and other work(s) |
| 28th (2000) | Yōko Tawada | Hinagiku no Ocha no Baai (ヒナギクのお茶の場合) |
| 29th (2001) | Teruhiko Kuze (JA) | Shōshōkan Nichiroku (蕭々館日録) |
| 29th (2001) | Shōno Yoriko | Yūkai Morimusume? Ibun (幽界森娘異聞) |
| 30th (2002) | Akiyuki Nosaka | "Bundan" oyobi sore ni itaru bungyō (「文壇」およびそれに至る文業) |

### 31st to 40th

| Times (Year) | Winner | Winning Work |
| 31st (2003) | Saiichi Maruya | Kagayaku Hi no Miya (輝く日の宮) |
| 31st (2003) | Natsuo Kirino | Grotesque (グロテスク, Gurotesuku) |
| 32nd (2004) | Yōko Ogawa | Burafuman no Maisō (ブラフマンの埋葬) |
| 33rd (2005) | Michiko Ryō (JA) | Rakuen no Tori - Karukatta Gensōkyoku (楽園の鳥–カルカッタ幻想曲–) |
| 34th (2006) | Kōzaburō Arashiyama | Akutō Bashō (悪党芭蕉) |
| 35th (2007) | Wahei Tatematsu | Dōgen Zenji (道元禅師) |
| 35th (2007) | Fujio Ōtaka (N/A) | Kyōka Koiuta (鏡花恋唄) - (Remark: special award) |
| 36th (2008) | Keishi Nagi (JA) | Kusa Suberi (草すべり) and other short stories |
| 36th (2008) | Tadanori Yokoo | Buruu Rando (Blue land ??) (ぶるうらんど) |
| 37th (2009) | Akane Chihaya | Iogami (魚神) |
| 38th (2010) | Masahiro Shinoda | Kawaramono no susume, shie to shura no kioku (河原者ノススメ―死穢と修羅の記憶) |
| 39th (2011) | Jakuchō Setouchi | Fūkei (風景) |
| 39th (2011) | Baku Yumemakura | Ōedo Chōkakuden (大江戸釣客伝) |
| 40th (2012) | Mitsuyo Kakuta | Kanata no Ko (かなたの子) |

### 41st to 50th

| Times (Year) | Winner | Winning Work |
| 41st (2013) | Ken’ichirō Isozaki (JA) | Ōko Raikon (往古来今) |
| 42nd (2014) | Kyōko Nakajima | Tsuma ga Shiitake datta Koro (妻が椎茸だったころ) |
| 42nd (2014) | Masayo Koike (JA) | Tamamono (たまもの) |
| 43rd (2015) | Mayumi Nagano (JA) | Meido ari (冥途あり) |
| 43rd (2015) | Katsuyuki Shinohara (JA) | Koppū (骨風) |
| 44th (2016) | Hiromi Kawakami | Ōkina tori ni sarawarenai yō (大きな鳥にさらわれないよう) |
| 45th (2017) | Rieko Matsuura | Saiai no kodomo (最愛の子ども) |
| 46th (2018) | Yūko Yamao (JA) | Tobu Kujaku (飛ぶ孔雀) |
| 47th (2019) | Shin'ya Tanaka (JA) | Hiyoko Taiyō (ひよこ太陽) |
| 48th (2020) | Nobuko Takagi | Shōsetsu Ise Monogatari Narihira (小説伊勢物語業平) |
| 49th (2021) | Kiyoko Murata | Ane no Shima (姉の島) |
| 50th (2022) | Fumiko Ōhama (JA) | Hidamari no Hate (陽だまりの果て) |

### 51st to 60th

| Times (Year) | Winner | Winning Work |
| 51st (2023) | Kaoru Kitamura | Mizu, Hon no Shōsetsu (水 本の小説) |
| 51st (2023) | Aki Asahina (JA) | Anata no Moeru Hidarite de (あなたの燃える左手で) |
| 52nd (2024) | - - | - - |