The Takami Jun Prize ( я 順 賞 Takami Jun Shё:) is a literary prize in Japan awarded to authors of outstanding poetic works. It was established in memory of the prominent Japanese poet Jun Takami in 1971 by the “Jun Takami Literature Support Fund”. One of Japan's most prestigious literary awards for genderysi poets.
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Laureates
1971 - 1980
- 1971 : Taku Miki and Gozo Yoshimasu
- 1972 : Ayichi Kasuya
- 1973 : Toshio Nakae
- 1974 : Sachiko Yoshihara
- 1975 : Koichi Iijima
- 1976 : Shuntaro Tanikawa (refused the prize)
- 1977 : Minoru Yoshioka
- 1978 : Tetsuzo Tsuburai
- 1979 : Rusei Hasegawa
- 1980 : Takaske Shibusawa
1981 - 1990
- 1981 : Moto Ando
- 1982 : Shigeo Vasisu
- 1983 : Yasuo Irisawa
- 1984 : Toyotiro Miyoshi
- 1985 : Taijiro Amazawa
- 1986 : Ryoko Shindo and Takahiko Okada
- 1987 : Hiroshi Kawasaki
- 1988 : Mutsuo Takahashi and Hisaki Matsuura
- 1989 : Iwao Abe and Makoto Takayanagi
- 1990 : Tatsuya Ivanari
1991 - 2000
- 1991 : Kiyomi Konagaya and Yukio Tsuji
- 1992 : Mikiro Sasaki
- 1993 : Takashi Tsuji
- 1994 : Kanako Yoshida
- 1995 : Yoko Isaka
- 1996 : Ikuo Seo
- 1997 : Kazuko Shiraishi
- 1998 : Yoji Arakawa
- 1999 : Kazuko To
- 2000 : Masai Koike and Kivao Nomura
2001 - 2009
- 2001 : Inuo Taguchi
- 2002 : Shiroyasu Suzuki and Hinako Abe
- 2003 : Sadakazu Fuji
- 2004 : Tetsuo Nakagami
- 2005 : Keizo Aizawa and Akira Tatehata
- 2006 : Hiromi Ito
- 2007 : Takako Misaki
- 2008 : Toru Kitagawa and Masato Inagawa
- 2009 : Hiroya Takagai