Mainichi Art Prize

The Mainichi Art Prize ( Japanese 毎 日 芸 術 賞 , Mainichi Geijutsushō ) has been awarded annually since 1959 by the Japanese publisher Mainichi Shimbun for outstanding artistic achievements in literature, theater, music, visual arts and film. The winners are always announced on the New Year of the following year.

Award winners

The following list is based on the year of the award, not the year of the announcement.

• 1959 Inoue Yasushi , Matsumoto Hakuō VIII. , Mamiya Michio
• 1960 Niwa Fumio for Kao ( 顔 ) u. a., Domon Ken
• 1961 Yoshikawa Eiji for Shihontai heiki ( 私 本 太平 記 ) a. a., Kobayashi Masaki for Ningen no jōken ( 人間 の 条件 ), Fujima Kanjūrō ​​VIII. , Yasukawa Kazuko
• 1962 Tanizaki Jun'ichirō for Diary of an Old Fool ( 瘋癲 老人 日記 ), Uchimura Naoya , Bandō Mitsugorō VIII.
• 1963 Funabashi Seiichi for Aru onna no enkei ( あ る 女 の 遠景 ), Shindō Kaneto for Haha ( 母 )
• 1964 Ima Harube for ( 鉄 砲 祭 前夜 ), Mishima Yukio for Kinu to meisatsu ( 絹 と 明察 )
• 1965 Noguchi Fujio for Tokuda Shūsei -den ( 徳 田 秋声 伝 ), Ichikawa Kon for Toyko Olympics ( 東京 オ リ ン ピ ッ ク )
• 1966 Miyoshi Akira , Takizawa Osamu , Okada Kenzō
• 1967 Shiba Ryōtarō for Junshi ( 殉 死 )
• 1968 Sugimura Haruko , Mogi Sōsuke , Higashiyama Kaii
• 1969 Akimoto Matsuyo for Kasabuta shikibukō ( か さ ぶ た 式 部 考 ), Hirano Ken for Bungei jihyō ( 文藝 時評 ), Shikō Munakata
• 1970 Tōno Eijirō , Yamada Yōji
• 1971 Ōoka Shōhei for Leyteenkeni ( レ イ テ 戦 記 ), Kusube Yaichi , Maekawa Kunio , Yasukawa Kazuko , Tsurusawa Kanji , Shirakawa Yoshikazu
• 1972 Tsuji Kunio for Haikyōsha Julianus ( 背 教 者 ユ リ ア ヌ ス ), Uno Jūkichi
• 1973 Sakurama Michio
• 1974 Ara Masahiko for Sōseki kenkyū nenpyō ( 漱 石 研究 年表 ), Yamada Isuzu
• 1975 Nakadai Tatsuya , Kuramoto Sō
• 1976 Tōyama Kazuyuki for Chopin ( シ ョ パ ン ), Hisaya Morishige
• 1977 Terada Tōru , Kurokawa Kishō
• 1978 Ariyoshi Sawako , Iizawa Tadasu for Yoru no warai ( 夜 の 笑 い ), Hayashi Tadahiko
• 1979 Azuma Atsuko , Shinoyama Kishin , Zenshinza actors , Kinoshita Junji's work Shigosen no matsuri ( 子午線 の 祀 り )
• 1980 Kawarasaki Kunitarō , Shinoda Hajime for Nihon no gendai shōsetsu ( 日本 の 現代 小説 ), Wakasugi Hiroshi , Koshiji Fubuki
• 1981 Morishita Yōko , Fujiwara Shinya
• 1982 Sata Ineko for Natsu no shiori ( 夏 の 栞 ), Matsumoto Hakuō VIII. , Hayashi Yasuko
• 1983 Mizukami Tsutomu for Ryōkan ( 良 寛 ), Asahina Takashi , Ichikawa Ennosuke III. , Isozaki Arata
• 1984 Yoshimura Akira for Tsumetai natsu, atsui natsu ( 冷 い 夏 、 熱 い 夏 ), Sasaki Shōichirō , Yamamoto Yasue
• 1985 Takenishi Hiroko for Yamagawa Tomiko ( 山 川登 美 子 )
• 1986 Kitamura Kazuo , Andō Tadao , NHK Symphony Orchestra
• 1987 Shibaki Yoshiko for Yuki mai ( 雪舞 い ), Fukamachi Yukio
• 1988 Ichiyanagi Toshi , Yoshida Minosuke , Atsumi Kiyoshi
• 1989 Imamura Shōhei , Kinoshita Junji
• 1990 Takemitsu Tōru , Honda Shūgo for Shiga Naoya , Mori Mitsuko
• 1991 Takai Yūichi for Tachihara Masaaki
• 1992 Nakamura Kanjirō III. , Sakata Tōjūrō, Yamada Taichi
• 1993 Endō Shūsaku for Fukai kawa ( 深 い 河 ), Matsumura Teizō , Hashida Sugako
• 1994 Akiyama Kazuyoshi , Kōda Hiroko , Yōko Tadanori , Tsuchitani Takeshi
• 1995 Imai Masayuki , Imai Nobuko , Enari Tsuneo , "GHETTO" stage art Hyogō
• 1996 Furui Yoshikichi for Shirokami no uta ( 白 髪 の 歌 ), Kōhei Oguri for Nemuru otoko ( 眠 る 男 ), Kuroyanagi Tetsuko , Baba Akiko
• 1997 Kim Seok-beom for Kazantō ( 火山 島 ), Irisawa Yasuo , Bandō Tamasaburō V. , Miyazaki Hayao
• 1998 Hagiwara Yōko for the trilogy Irakusa no ie ( 蕁麻 の 家 ), Mori Sumio , Kataoka Nizaemon
• 1999 Ninagawa Yukio , Okai Takashi , Kōno Taeko for Gonichi no hanashi ( 後 日 の 話 ), Takakura Ken
• 2000 Kuroi Senji for Hane to tsubasa ( 羽 根 と 翼 ), Ōshima Nagisa for Gohatto ( 御 法度 ), Yoshinaga Sayuri
• 2001 Katō Yukiko for Chōkō ( 長江 ), Asami Rei , Takaha Shugyō
• 2002 Inoue Hisashi ( 太 鼓 た た い て 笛 吹 い て ), Ozawa Seiji , Kiyooka Takayuki
• 2003 Takahashi Takako for Kirei na hito ( き れ い な 人 ), Katsura Nobuko , Takemoto Sumitayū
• 2004 Nakamura Minoru for Watashi no Shōwa-shi ( 私 の 昭和 史 ), Mae Toshio , Kanze Hideo , Numajiri Ryūsuke
• 2005 Tanikawa Juntarō Chagall to ki no ha ( シ ャ ガ ー ル と 木 の 葉 ), Miki Taku for Kitahara Hakushu , Naraoka Tomoko
• 2006 Shino Hiroshi for Midori no shamen ( 緑 の 斜面 ), Tsukasa Osamu for bronze no chichūkai ( ブ ロ ン ズ の 地中海 ), Nakamura Kichiemon , Inoue Hidenori
• 2007 Okamoto Hitomi for Gogo no isu ( 午後 の 椅子 ), Noda Hideki for THE BEE , Hiraiwa Yumie for Die Reise nach Westen ( 西遊記 ), Hosoe Eikō , Moriyama Ryōko
• 2008 Yoshimasu Gōzō for ( 表 紙 omote-gami ), Funakoshi Katsura , Nagai Michiko , Onoe Kikugorō , Ishiuchi Miyako
• 2009 Ōtori Ran , Kuma Kengo , Seki Masato , Tsujihara Noboru for Yurusarezaru sha ( 許 さ れ ざ る 者 ), Tōyama Keiko , special award: Kaneko Tōta
• 2010 Akiyama Yū , Ōmine Akira , Murakami Ryū for Utau kujira ( 歌 う ク ジ ラ ), Morimura Yasumasa , Yoshida Miyako , special award: Kayama Yūzō
• 2011 Ishitobi Hakkō , Kikuhata Mokuma , Tsushima Yūko , Toyotake Sakitayū , Ban Shigeru , special award: Yuki Saori
• 2012 Takano Kimihiko for Kōhone-gawa ( 河 骨 川 ), Tatsuno Toeko , Tanimura Shinji , TV-man Union , Bandō Mitsugorō X. , Special Prize: Araki Nobuyoshi
• 2013 Osada Hiroshi , Hira Mikijirō , Aoki Noe , Seki Kazumi , Special Prize: Egg Rokosuke
• 2014 Iimori Taijirō , Kagiwada, Yūko , Kakurezaki Ryūichi , Funamoto Hōun , Yanagiya Kosanji , special award: Matsuura Hisaki
• 2015 Satō Kazuhiko , Kiritake Sanjūrō , Shōji Sayaka , Suga Kishio , Miyagitani Masamitsu , special award: Koreeda Hirokazu
• 2016 Ishii Fukuko , Kawaguchi Natsuo , Kurosawa Kiyoshi , Tsutsui Yasutaka , Tsutsumi Tsuyoshi , Special Prize: Sakamoto Fuyumi
• 2017 Arima Akito , Endō Toshikatsu , Takamura Kaoru , Nakagawa Kyōji , Yamaji Kazuhiro , special award: Kumakawa Tetsuya
• 2018 Kanamori Jō , Kuriki Kyōko , Naitō Rei , Nagai Ai , Miyamoto Teru , special award: Ōbayashi Nobuhiko
• 2019 Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi

See also

• Mainichi Culture Prize

Web links

• List of award winners (Japanese)