Shinran Prize
The Shinran Prize ( Jap. 親鸞賞 , Shinran-shō ) is a biennial award literary prize in memory of Shinran , the founder of the Pure Land Buddhism belonging Jōdo Shinshū . It is awarded by a Hongan-ji Foundation for the Promotion of Culture and is worth two million yen. The announcement of the laureate always takes place in October of a year with an even number, the award of the prize in December.
Award winners
- 2000 Tsutsumi Seiji for the novel Shizumeru shiro ( 沈 め る 城 )
- 2002 Mizukami Tsutomu for the novel Kochiku no fue ( 虚竹 の 笛 )
- 2004 Ikezawa Natsuki for the novel Shizuka na daichi ( 静 か な 大地 )
- 2006 Takamura Kaoru for the novel Shin Lear-ō ( 新 リ ア 王 )
- 2008 Tatematsu Wahei for the novel Dōgen Zenji ( 道 元 禅師 )
- 2010 Miyao Tomiko for the novel Nishiki ( 錦 )
- 2012 Inaba Mayumi for the novel Hantō e ( 半島 へ )
- 2014 Kiuchi Nobori for the novel Kushihiki chimori ( 櫛 挽 道 守 ) and Wada Ryō for the novel Murakami kaizoku no musume ( 村 上海 賊 の 娘 )
- 2016 Sawada Tōko for the novel Jakuchū ( 若 冲 )
- 2018 Morota Reiko for the novel Ima hitotabi no, Izumi Shikibu ( 今 ひ と た び の 、 和 泉 式 部 )
Selection committee
- Kaga Otohiko (writer)
- Kuroi Senji (writer)
- Nakanishi Susumu (literary scholar)
- Setouchi Jakuchō (writer and Buddhist nun)
Individual evidence
- ↑ 最新 の 親 鸞 賞 . Honganji Foundation, accessed March 23, 2014 .
Web links
- Official website of the Hogan-ji Foundation (Japanese)
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