Prizes

• 1990 Akutagawa Prize
  Akutagawa Prize
  The is a Japanese literary award presented semi-annually. It was established in 1935 by Kan Kikuchi, then-editor of Bungeishunjū magazine, in memory of author Ryūnosuke Akutagawa...
  
   for Mura no namae (村の名前, A Village's Name)
• 1999 Yomiuri Prize
  Yomiuri Prize
  The is a prestigious literary award in Japan. The prize was founded in 1948 by the Yomiuri Shinbun Company to help form a "cultural nation". The winner is awarded one million Japanese yen and an inkstone.-Award categories:...
  
   for Tobe kirin (Fly, Kirin!)
• 2000 Tanizaki Prize
  Tanizaki Prize
  The Tanizaki Prize , named in honor of the Japanese novelist Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, is one of Japan's most sought-after literary awards. It was established in 1965 by the publishing company Chūō Kōronsha Inc. to commemorate its 80th anniversary as a publisher...
  
   for Yudotei Enboku (遊動亭円木)
• 2005 Kawabata Yasunari Prize for Kareha no naka no aoi honoo (枯葉の中の青い炎, Blue Flames Among the Dry Leaves)

Selected works

• Manon no nikutai (マノンの肉体), Tōkyō : Bungei Shunjū, 1990.
• Mura no namae (村の名前), Tōkyō : Bungei Shunjū, 1990. ISBN 4-16-312050-5.
• Yuri no kokoro (百合の心), Tōkyō : Kōdansha, 1990.
• Shinrinsho (森林書), Tōkyō : Bungei Shunjū, 1994. ISBN 4-16-314460-9.
• Kazoku shashin : tanpenshū (家族 写真 : 短編集), Tōkyō : Bungei Shunjū, 1995. ISBN 4-16-315390-X.
• Dare no mono demo nai kanashimi (だれのものでもない悲しみ), Tōkyō : Chūō Kōronsha, 1995.
• Sōgyōsha wa nanadaime : Jasuko kaichō, Okada Takuya no ikikata (創業者は七代目 : ジャスコ会長, 岡田卓也の生き方), Tōkyō : Mainichi Shinbunsha, 1995.
• Yūdō Teienboku (遊動亭円木), Bungei Shunjū, 1999.
• Hatsunetsu (初熱), Tōkyō : Nihon Keizai Shinbunsha, 2001.
• Yakusoku yo (約束よ), Tōkyō : Shinchōsha, 2002.
• Jasumin (ジャスミン), Tōkyō : Bungei Shunjū, 2004.
• Yūdōtei Enboku (遊動亭円木), Tōkyō : Bungei Shunjū, 2004.
• Kareha no naka no aoi honoo (枯葉の中の青い炎), Tōkyō : Shinchōsha, 2005.