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Japanese Detective Fiction
, is a popular genre of Japanese literature. History Name When Western detective fiction spread to Japan, it created a new genre called detective fiction () in Japanese literature. After World War II the genre was renamed deductive reasoning fiction (). The genre is sometimes called '' mystery'', although this includes non-detective fiction as well. Development Edogawa Rampo is the first Japanese modern mystery writer and the founder of the Detective Story Club in Japan. Rampo was an admirer of western mystery writers. He gained his fame in early 1920s, when he began to bring to the genre many bizarre, erotic and even fantastic elements. This is partly because of the social tension before World War II. Rampo's mystery novels generally followed conventional formulas, and have been classed as part of the , translated as " classical whodunit", 権田萬治 新保博久 監修『日本ミステリー事典』（新潮社、2000年）p.284「本格」 or "orthodox school", or "s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japanese Literature
Japanese literature throughout most of its history has been influenced by cultural contact with neighboring Asian literatures, most notably China and its literature. Early texts were often written in pure Classical Chinese or , a Chinese-Japanese creole language. Indian literature also had an influence through the spread of Buddhism in Japan. During the Heian period, Japan's original culture () developed and literature also established its own style, with the significant usage and development of to write Japanese literature. Following the end of the policy and especially during the increasing westernization of the Meiji era, Western literature has also had an influence on the development of modern Japanese writers, while Japanese literature has in turn become more recognized internationally, leading to two Japanese Nobel laureates in literature, namely Yasunari Kawabata and Kenzaburō Ōe. History Nara-period literature (before 794) Before the introduction of kanji ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soji Shimada
is a Japanese mystery writer. Born in Fukuyama City, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. Biography Soji Shimada graduated from Seishikan High School in Fukuyama City, Hiroshima Prefecture, and later Musashino Art University as a Commercial arts design major. After spending years as a dump truck driver, free writer, and musician, he made his debut as a mystery writer in 1981 when '' The Tokyo Zodiac Murders'' was shortlisted for the Edogawa Rampo Prize. His most well-known works in Japan include the ''Detective Mitarai Series'' and the ''Detective Yoshiki Series''. His works often involve themes such as the death penalty, Nihonjinron (his theory on the Japanese people), and Japanese and international culture. He is a strong supporter of amateur ''Honkaku'' (i.e. authentic, orthodox) mystery writers. Following the trend of Social School of crime fiction led by Seicho Matsumoto, he was the pioneer of "Shin-Honkaku" (New Orthodox) logic mystery genre. He bred authors such as Yuki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yokomizo Seishi Mystery Award
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Edogawa Rampo Prize
The , named after Edogawa Rampo, is a Japanese literary award which has been presented every year by the Mystery Writers of Japan since 1955. Though its name is similar to the Edgar Allan Poe Awards, which has been presented by Mystery Writers of America, the Edogawa Rampo Prize is not a counterpart of the Edgar Awards. The Japanese counterparts of the Edgar awards are the Mystery Writers of Japan Awards, which honor the best in crime fiction and critical/biographical work published in the previous year. The Edogawa Rampo Prize is an award for unpublished mystery novels. It is sponsored by Kodansha and Fuji Television. Not only is the novel of the winner, which is selected from more than 300 entries, published by Kodansha, but the winner also receives a prize of 10,000,000 yen. The members of the 2014 selection committee were Natsuo Kirino, Natsuhiko Kyogoku, Ira Ishida, Alice Arisugawa ( ja) and Bin Konno ( ja), who is the current president of the Mystery Writers of Japa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japan Mystery Literature Award For Lifetime Achievement
Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea in the south. The Japanese archipelago consists of four major islands—Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu—and thousands of smaller islands, covering . Japan has a population of over 123 million as of 2025, making it the eleventh-most populous country. The capital of Japan and its largest city is Tokyo; the Greater Tokyo Area is the largest metropolitan area in the world, with more than 37 million inhabitants as of 2024. Japan is divided into 47 administrative prefectures and eight traditional regions. About three-quarters of the country's terrain is mountainous and heavily forested, concentrating its agriculture and highly urbanized population along its eastern coastal plains. The country sits on the Pacific Ring of Fire, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Honkaku Mystery Writers Club Of Japan
is a Japan-based organization for mystery writers who write '' honkaku'' (i.e. authentic, orthodox) mystery. The organization was founded on 3 November 2000 by Yukito Ayatsuji, Natsuhiko Kyogoku, Hiroko Minagawa, Kaoru Kitamura, Tetsuya Ayukawa and other mystery writers. It is currently chaired by Rintaro Norizuki and claims about 170 members. It presents the Honkaku Mystery Awards to writers every year and produces the annual anthology. Honkaku mystery ''Honkaku'' (i.e. authentic, orthodox) mystery is one of subgenres of mystery fiction that focuses on "fair play". Mystery novels written during the "Golden Age" of the mystery novel (e.g., the Ellery Queen novels) are regarded as examples of honkaku mystery. Presidents # Alice Arisugawa (2000–2005) ( :ja:有栖川有栖) [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Honkaku Mystery Award
The are presented every year by the Honkaku Mystery Writers Club of Japan. They honor the best in honkaku (i.e. authentic, orthodox) mystery fiction and critical works published in the previous year. Honkaku Mystery Award for Best Fiction winners * Nominees available in English translation ** 05 (2005) - Taku Ashibe, ** 10 (2010) - Yukito Ayatsuji, Honkaku Mystery Award for Best Critical Work winners Honkaku Mystery Award for Lifetime Achievement winners The award is presented irregularly. * 01 (2001) - Tetsuya Ayukawa (Honkaku mystery writer) * 04 (2004) - Yasunobu Togawa ( ja) (editor), Hideomi Uyama ( ja) (editor) * 08 (2008) - Fu Chin-chuan (Hiroshi Shimazaki) ( ja) (editor) Best Translated Honkaku Mystery of the Decade The Best Honkaku Mystery Novel translated into Japanese in the last decade. Winners (in bold) and shortlisted titles. 2000–2009 2010–2019 See also * Mystery Writers of Japan Award * Japanese detective fiction * Honkaku Myster ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Decagon House Murders
is a 1987 Japanese mystery novel, the debut work of author Yukito Ayatsuji. Borrowing its basic plot structure from Agatha Christie's ''And Then There Were None'' (Christie's book is directly referenced by some of the characters at several points), it tells the story of a group of seven university students who travel to a deserted island that was the scene of a grisly mass murder six months earlier, where events soon turn ominous. ''The Decagon House Murders'' belongs to the subgenre of mystery fiction. Locked Room International published the first English-language edition of the novel in 2015. The second English-language edition was published in December 2020 by Pushkin Press, and in July 2021 the manga adaptation, illustrated by Hiro Kiyohara, was announced for publication in America. The nature of the work had been deemed impossible for adaptation into visual media, but in 2024, it was announced that it would be adapted into a streaming drama. The adaptation In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taku Ashibe
is a Japanese mystery writer. He is a member of the Honkaku Mystery Writers Club of Japan and one of the representative writers of the new traditionalist movement in Japanese mystery writing. Works in English translation ;Novel * '' Murder in the Red Chamber'' (original title: '' Kōrōmu no Satsujin''), trans. Tyran C. Grillo (Kurodahan Press, 2012) ;Short story * "The Horror in the Kabuki Theatre" (original title: "Gohei Gekijō: Kabuki no Kuni Cthulhu Taiji"), trans. Sheryl Hogg (''Lairs of the Hidden Gods 2: Inverted Kingdom'', Kurodahan Press, 2005) * "The Mummy and the Unicorn" (original title: "Miira to Unikōru"), trans. Nancy H. Ross (''Strokes of Brush and Blade: Tales of the Samurai'', Kurodahan Press, 2019) * "The Dashing Joker" (original title: "Shikku-suru Jōkā"), trans. Yuko Shimada (Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, September/October, 2020) Awards and nominations * 1990 – Ayukawa Tetsuya Award for New Mystery Writers: ''Satsujin Kigeki no Jūsan-nin'' (''Thi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaoru Kitamura
(born December 28, 1949) is the pen name of , a popular contemporary Japanese writer, mainly of short stories. Biography Kitamura was born in the town of Sugito in Saitama Prefecture. He studied literature at Waseda University in Tokyo, and was a member of the Waseda Mystery Club while a student there. However, after graduating from Waseda in 1972, he returned to Saitama to become a language teacher at Kasukabe High School, his alma mater. He began his fiction writing career only after teaching for almost twenty years, and stopped teaching in 1993 to devote himself completely to writing once established as an author. He made his writing debut using a pen name. Initially, because the unnamed first-person protagonist of his early works was a female college student, and the name Kaoru is gender ambiguous, it was widely speculated that Kitamura was female. This speculation persisted until he revealed his identity upon accepting the Mystery Writers of Japan Award in 1991. Wor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
