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The 45th(2023) Prize Winners

Political Science and Economics

Name	Unayama Takashi
Affiliation	Kyoto University
Title in English	"Consumption Analysis in Contemporary Japan: Where we are now in life cycle theory"
Original Title	『現代日本の消費分析 ─ ライフサイクル理論の現在地』

Name	Higashijima Masaaki
Affiliation	The University of Tokyo
Title in English	"The Dictator's Dilemma at the Ballot Box: Electoral Manipulation, Economic Maneuvering, and Political Order in Autocracies"
Original Title	『民主主義を装う権威主義 ─ 世界化する選挙独裁とその論理』

Literary and Art Criticism

Name	Hishioka Kenji
Affiliation	Yamaguchi Prefectural University
Title in English	"The Talented Ozu Hisatari: The Book Collection, Classical Studies, and Travel Writings of an Ise Merchant"
Original Title	『大才子小津久足 ─ 伊勢商人の蔵書・国学・紀行文』

Name	Washitani Hana
Affiliation	International Institute for Children's Literature, Osaka
Title in English	"Princess and Homosocial: Skeptical Feminist Film Criticism"
Original Title	『姫とホモソーシャル ─ 半信半疑のフェミニズム映画批評』

Life and Society

Name	Abe Takuya
Affiliation	Aichi Shukutoku University
Title in English	"Kohei Sugiura and the Golden Age of Phototypesetting: Optical Technology and Japanese Typography"
Original Title	『杉浦康平と写植の時代 ─ 光学技術と日本語のデザイン』

Name	Omata Rappo Hitomi
Affiliation	Kyoto University
Title in English	"Japan as the Land of Martyrs: The Impact of Japanese Mission in Early Modern Europe"
Original Title	『殉教の日本 ─ 近世ヨーロッパにおける宣教のレトリック』

History and Civilization

Name	Ikeda Maho
Affiliation	Hokkai-Gakuen University
Title in English	"The Governing Assembly of the Capital City: Political Structure and Urban Redevelopment in Nineteenth-Century Tokyo"
Original Title	『首都の議会 ─ 近代移行期東京の政治秩序と都市改造』

Name	Shinjoh Michihiko
Affiliation	Ferris University
Title in English	"History of the Korean Peninsula: 600 Years of Political Strife and External Threats"
Original Title	『朝鮮半島の歴史 ─ 政争と外患の六百年』

The 44th(2022) Prize Winners

Political Science and Economics

Name	Kamada Yuichiro
Affiliation	University of California
Title in English	"Raijin and the Weird Seeds that Let Me Read Minds"
Original Title	『雷神と心が読めるヘンなタネ　――　こどものためのゲーム理論』

Name	Konno Hajime
Affiliation	Aichi Prefectural University
Title in English	"German Nationalism: Two Thousand Years of History of the Struggle between the Universal and the Particular"
Original Title	『ドイツ・ナショナリズム　――　「普遍」対「固有」の二千年史』

Literary and Art Criticism

Name	Dan Shao
Affiliation	Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
Title in English	"Literature Giving Birth to Translation, Translation Giving Birth to Literature: Kazuko Fujimoto, Haruki Murakami, SF Novelists and Multiple Translators"
Original Title	『翻訳を産む文学、文学を産む翻訳　――　藤本和子、村上春樹、ＳＦ小説家と複数の訳者たち』

Name	Nagura Yuri
Affiliation	Translator, Wadeda University
Title in English	"Alexander Blok: His Life and Work"
Original Title	『アレクサンドル・ブローク詩学と生涯』を中心として

Name	Murashima Ayaka
Affiliation	Meiji University/Aoyama Gakuin University
Title in English	"Image of Stage: Theatrical Photography, Kabuki actors and photographers"
Original Title	『舞台の面影　――　演劇写真と役者・写真師』

Life and Society

Name	Iwama Kazuhiro
Affiliation	Keio University
Title in English	"Beyond Culinary Nationalism: A World History of Chinese Food"
Original Title	『中国料理の世界史　――　美食のナショナリズムをこえて』

Name	Yabu Kotaro
Affiliation	Sendai University
Title in English	"The Jiu-Jitsu Craze: The fashion of jiu-jitsu in early 20th century U.S."
Original Title	『柔術狂時代　――　２０世紀初頭アメリカにおける柔術ブームとその周辺』

History and Civilization

Name	Tsutsui Kiyoteru
Affiliation	Stanford University
Title in English	"Human Rights and the State: The Power of Ideas and the Realities of International Politics"
Original Title	『人権と国家　――　理念の力と国際政治の現実』

Name	Naka Mao
Affiliation	Kobe University
Title in English	"A Philosophy of Human Being Who Reproduces Themselves: "Motherhood" and Consanguinity Reconsidered"
Original Title	『生殖する人間の哲学　――　「母性」と血縁を問いなおす』

The 43rd(2021) Prize Winners

Political Science and Economics

Name	Nakai Ryo
Affiliation	The University of Kitakyushu
Title in English	"Xenophobia and Nationalism in Europe: What Surveys Tell Us"
Original Title	『欧州の排外主義とナショナリズム　――　調査から見る世論の本質』

Name	Nakanishi Yoshihiro
Affiliation	Kyoto University
Title in English	"Rohingya Crisis: Truth of the "Ethnic Cleansing""
Original Title	『ロヒンギャ危機　――　「民族浄化」の真相』

Literary and Art Criticism

Name	Kawase Itsushi
Affiliation	National Museum of Ethnology
Title in English	"Singer Poets in the Ethiopian Highlands: People Who Live by Singing"
Original Title	『エチオピア高原の吟遊詩人　――　うたに生きる者たち』

Name	Horii Kazuma
Affiliation	Waseda University, Tsuda University
Title in English	"The Nation State and the Uncanny: The Others Within in the Literature of Post-Russo-Japanese War Period"
Original Title	『国民国家と不気味なもの　――　日露戦後文学の〈うち〉なる他者像』

Life and Society

Name	Kojima Yohei
Affiliation	The University of Tokyo
Title in English	"The Hisotory of SARAKIN : Consumer Finance and Japanease Society"
Original Title	『サラ金の歴史　――　消費者金融と日本社会』

Name	Takekura Fumito
Affiliation	Independent researcher
Title in English	”Dogū RevealedーUnraveling the Mystery of Ancient Figurines from Jōmon Period”
Original Title	『土偶を読む　――　130年間解かれなかった縄文神話の謎』

History and Civilization

Name	Kamimura Tsuyoshi
Affiliation	JSPS Research Fellowship for Young Scientists
Title in English	"The Birth of Separation of Powers: The Reception of The Spirit of Laws in the British Empire"
Original Title	『権力分立論の誕生　――　ブリテン帝国の『法の精神』受容』

Name	Kitamura Yoko
Affiliation	Nagoya University
Title in English	"Disabled Veterans in German Society. Experiences in the 20th Century and the Rise of the Welfare State"
Original Title	『戦争障害者の社会史　――　20世紀ドイツの経験と福祉国家』

The 42nd(2020) Prize Winners

Political Science and Economics

Name	Tadashi Sakai
Affiliation	Hosei University
Title in English	“The Safety Net Gap in Japan: The Challenge of Changing Labor Market”
Original Title	『日本のセーフティーネット格差―労働市場の変容と社会保険』

Name	Takuma Kayo
Affiliation	Tokyo Metropolitan University
Title in English	”Mankind and Diseases: Examining Infectious Diseases and Health Disparity in International Society”
Original Title	『人類と病―国際政治から見る感染症と健康格差』

Literary and Art Criticism

Name	LEE HYUNJUN
Affiliation	Otaru University of Commerce
Title in English	“Choi Seung-Hee dancing "The Orient"”
Original Title	『「東洋」を踊る崔承喜(チェ・スンヒ)』

Name	Nakajima Izumi
Affiliation	Osaka University
Title in English	“Anti-action: Post-war Japanese Art and Women Artists”
Original Title	『アンチ・アクション―日本戦後絵画と女性画家』

Life and Society

Name	Ito Asa
Affiliation	Tokyo Institute of Technology
Title in English	“Body and Memory“ and other works
Original Title	『記憶する体』を中心として

Name	Shimura Masaki
Affiliation	Minakata Kumagusu Commemoration Association, Keio University
Title in English	“MINAKATA Kumagusu in London : international multidisciplinary journal and development of modern science“
Original Title	『南方熊楠のロンドン―国際学術雑誌と近代科学の進歩』

History and Civilization

Name	Umezawa Aya
Affiliation	University of Toyama
Title in English	“« Folie Pénitentiaire » : Crime, Literature and Society in Nineteenth Century France”
Original Title	『囚人と狂気―一九世紀フランスの監獄・文学・社会』

Name	Koyama Toshiki
Affiliation	Teikyo University
Title in English	“The May 15 Incident ： the Coup D'état Attempt of 1932 by the Young Naval Officers”
Original Title	『五・一五事件―海軍青年将校たちの「昭和維新」』

The 41st(2019) Prize Winners

Political Science and Economics

Name	Zenkyo Masahiro
Affiliation	Kwansei Gakuin University
Titles in English	"Support for the Ishin: Is It a Consequence of Populism, or Rational Choice?"
Original Title	『維新支持の分析 ― ポピュリズムか，有権者の合理性か』

Name	Yamaguchi Shintaro
Affiliation	The University of Tokyo
Titles in English	"Economics of Family Wellbeing"
Original Title	『「家族の幸せ」の経済学 ― データ分析でわかった結婚、出産、子育ての真実』

Literary and Art Criticism

Name	Kuwakino Koji
Affiliation	Osaka University
Titles in English	"Intellectual History of Renaissance Garden"
Original Title	『ルネサンス庭園の精神史 ― 権力と知と美のメディア空間』

Name	Suzuki Seiko
Affiliation	Paris Diderot University – Paris 7
Titles in English	"The Birth of the 'Gagaku': the Sound of the Greater East Asia in the Vision of Hisao Tanabe"
Original Title	『〈雅楽〉の誕生-田辺尚雄が見た大東亜の響き』

Life and Society

Name	Koizumi Yu
Affiliation	The University of Tokyo
Titles in English	"Geopolitics of Russia as 'Empire'"
Original Title	『「帝国」ロシアの地政学 ― 「勢力圏」で読むユーラシア戦略』

Name	Fujihara Tatsushi
Affiliation	Kyoto University
Titles in English	"Philosophy of Decomposition: Thinking of Corruption and Fermentation"
Original Title	『分解の哲学 ― 腐敗と発酵をめぐる思考』

History and Civilization

Name	Bando Yosuke
Affiliation	Kogakkan University
Titles in English	"From the Sorai School to the Kokugaku: people who are representating themselves"
Original Title	『徂徠学派から国学へ ― 表現する人間』

Name	Furuta Tetsuya
Affiliation	The University of Tokyo
Titles in English	"A Philosophy of the Soul of Words"
Original Title	『言葉の魂の哲学』

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