The 23^rd Annual Kokka Award Recipients Announced

The recipients of the 23^rd Kokka Award, an award for remarkable research on Japanese and East Asian art, were announced. The Kokka Award was given to a monograph titled ‘Nara kacchūshi no kenkyū’ (Yoshikawa kōbunkan) by MIYAZAKI Takashi, and a monograph titled ‘Kinsei ikoku shumi bijutsu no shiteki kenkyū’ (Rinsen shoten) by KATSUMORI Noriko. The Kokka Exhibition Catalog Award was given to an exhibition catalog titled ‘Kōsō to kesa’ (Kyoto National Museum) by YAMAKAWA Aki. (Japanese)