Yomiuri-litteraturprisen (japansk: , Yomiuri-bungaku-shō) deles hvert år ut av avisen Yomiuri Shimbun. Prisen, som i 2013 var på 2 millioner yen og som offentliggjøres i februar, har blitt utdelt siden 1949. Tanken bak var å stimulere en oppblomstring av japansk litteratur efter annen verdenskrig. Prisen blir utgitt i de følgende seks kategorier: Skjønnlitteratur, Drama/manuskripter (Manuskripter siden den 46. utdelingen), Anmeldelser/biografier, Lyrikk/Haiku, Forskningsarbeider/oversettelser, Essayer/Reisebeskrivelser (siden den 19. utdelingen). Prisen går til arbeider som har blitt offentliggjort året før utdelingen. Prisvinnerne blir utpekt av en egen kommitté, og får i tillegg til en blekksten også en sjekk på to millioner Yen.
Prisvinnere Skjønnlitteratur År Prisvinner Utnevnt tittel1949 Masuji Ibuse Honjitsu kyūshin m.fl.1950 Kōji Uno Omoigawa1951 Nobi1952 Hiroyuki Agawa Haru no shiro1953 1954 Haruo Satō Akiko mandara1955 Satomi Ton Koigokoro Aya Kōda Kuroi suso1956 Yukio Mishima Kinkakuji Mantarō Kubota San no tori1957 Saisei Murō Anzukko Yaeko Nogami Meiro1958 1959 Masamune Hakuchō Kotoshi no aki Shigeharu Nakano Nashi no hana1960 Shigeru Tonomura Miotsukushi1961 1962 Kōbō Abe Suna no onna1963 Yasushi Inoue Fūtō1964 Akatsuki Kambayashi Shiroi yakatabune1965 Junzō Shōno Tabe no kumo1966 Fumio Niwa Ichiro1967 Kiku Amino Ichigo-ichie1968 Taeko Kōno Fui no koe Kōsaku Takii Yashu1969 Haruto Kō Ichijō no hikari Tan Onuma Kaichūdokei1970 Ken'ichi Yoshida Gareki no naka1971 1972 Tatsuo Nagai Cochabamba-yuki1973 Tsuneko Nakazato Utamakura Shōtarō Yasuoka Hashire tomahawk (Hashire tomahōku)1974 Yoshie Wada Tsugiki no dai1975 Kazuo Dan Kataku no hito Junnosuke Yoshiyuki Kaban no nakami1976 Yoshinori Yagi Kazamatsuri1977 Toshio Shimao Shi no toge1978 Fujio Noguchi Kakute arikeri1979 Toshimasa Shimamura Myōkō no aki1980 1981 Hisashi Inoue Kirikirijin Ryōtarō Shiba Hitobito no ashioto |- |1982 || || „Ame no ki (Rain Tree)“ o kiku onna-tachi|- |1983 || || |- |1984 || Akira Yoshimura || Hagoku|- |1985 || Takako Takahashi || Ikari no ko|- | || Hideo Takubo || Kaizu|- |1986 || Yūko Tsushima || Yoru no hikari ni owarete|- |1987 || Tatsuhiko Shibusawa || Takaoka Shinnō kōkaiki|- |1988 || Takehiro Itokawa || Kyōjin nikki|- |1989 || Yūichi Takai || Yoru no ari|- | || Yoshikichi Furui || Kari ōjōden shibun|- |1990 || Toshio Moriuchi || Hyōga ga kuru made ni|- |1991 || Hiroshi Sakagami || Yasashii teihakuchi|- | || Sō Aono || Haha yo|- |1992 || Eisuke Nakazono || Peking hanten kyūkan nite|- |1993 || || |- |1994 || Momoko Ishii || Maboroshi no akai mi|- | || Senji Kuroi || Kāten kōru|- |1995 || Keizō Hino || Hikari|- | || Haruki Murakami || Nejimakidori kuronikuru|- |1996 || || |- |1997 || Ryū Murakami || In za miso-sūpu|- | || Nobuo Kojima || Uruwashiki hibi|- |1998 || Kunio Ogawa || Hashisshi gyangu|- | || Noboru Tsujihara || Tobe kirin|- |1999 || Yasutaka Tsutsui || Watashi no gurampa|- | || Taku Miki || Hadashi to kaigara|- |2000 || Naoyuki Ii || Nigotta gekiryū ni kakaru hashi|- | || Eimi Yamada || A2Z|- |2001 || Anna Ogino || Horafuki-Anri no bōken|- |2002 || Minae Mizumura || Honkaku shōsetsu|- |2004 || Yōko Ogawa || Hakase no aishita sūshiki|- |2005 || Hisaki Matsuura || Hantō|- |2006 || Toshiyuki Horie || Kagan bōjitsushō|- | || Katsusuke Miyauchi || Shōshin|- |2007 || || |- |2008 || Rieko Matsuura || Kenshin|- |2009 || Kaoru Takamura || Taiyō o hiku uma|- |2010 || Natsuo Kirino || Nanika aru |- |2011 || || |- |2012 || Yoko Tawada || Kumo o tsukamu hanashi|- |2013 || Masashi Matsuie || Kazan no fumuto de''
Drama/manuskripter År Prisvinner Utnevnt tittel1949 1950 1951 Miyoshi Jūrō Honō no hito m. fl.1952 Fukuda Tsuneari Ryū o nadeta otoko1953 1954 Chikao Tanaka Kyōiku m. fl.1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 Yukio Mishima Tōka no kiku1962 1963 1964 Mitsuo Nakamura Kiteki-issei1965 Hideji Hōjō Hōjō Hideji gikyoku senshū1966 1967 Tadasu Iizawa Gonin no moyono1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 Seiichi Yashiro Sharaku-kō1973 1974 Kōbō Abe Midoriiro no stocking (Midoriiro no sutokkingu)1975 Matsuyo Akimoto Shichinin masaki1976 1977 1978 Junji Kinoshita Shigosen no matsuri1979 Hisashi Inoue Shimijimi nihon – Nogi-taishō, Kobayashi Issa1980 1981 1982 1983 Kunio Shimizu Elegy (Erejī)1984 Masakazu Yamazaki Oidipous shōten (Oidipussu shōten)1985 1986 1987 Minoru Betsuyaku Shokoku o henreki suru futari no kishi no monogatari1988 1989 1990 Kōhei Tsuka Hiryūden ’90 – satsuriku no aki1991 1992 Harue Tsutsumi Kanadehon Hamlet (Kanadehon Hamuretto)1993 1994 Yoshiyuki Fukuda Watashi no downtown – Haha no shashin(Watashi no dauntaun – Haha no shashin)1995 Jūichirō Tekuchi Tsuki no hikari1996 1997 Ryō Iwamatsu TV days (Terebi deizu) Nozomi Makino Tōkyō genshikaku club (Tōkyō genshikaku kurabu)1998 Masataka Matsuda Natsu no suna no ue1999 2000 Ai Nagai Hagike no sanshimai2001 Kankurō Kudō GO2002 Yōji Sakate Yaneura2004 Jūrō Kara Doroningyo2005 2006 Shin'ya Hishida Powder – oshiroi (Paudā – oshiroi)2007 Miwa Nishikawa Yureru Hideki Noda Rope (Rōpu)2008 Kundō Koyama Okuribito2009 Shoji Kokami Globe Jungle Kyokō no gekidan hataage 3 busaku2010 2011 Tomohiro Maekawa Taiyō2012 Yang Yong-hi Kazuko no kuni
Anmeldelser/biografier År Prisvinner Utnevnt tittel1949 Suekichi Aono Gendai-bungaku-ron1950 Katsuichirō Kamei Kyonendo no shosakuhin1951 Mitsuo Nakamura Kyonendo no shorombun1952 Hideo Kobayashi Gogh no tegami1953 Tetsutarō Kawakami Watashi no shi to shinjitsu1954 Yoshitaka Takahashi Mori Ōgai 1955 Kenkichi Yamamoto Koten to gendai-bungaku Junzō Karaki Chūsei no bungaku1956 Ken'ichi Yoshida Shakespeare1957 Yoshishige Abe Iwanami Shigeo den1958 Mitsuo Nakamura Futabatei Shimei den Michio Chiya Hidejūrō yawa1959 Yoshirō Nagayo Waga kokoro no henreki1960 Tsuneari Fukuda Watashi no kokugo-kyōshitsu m. fl. Mizuho Aoyagi Sasayaka na nihon-hakkutsu1961 Michio Takeyama Auslandsreiseberichte1962 Kenkichi Yamamoto Kakinomoto Hitomaro Tsuguo Andō Yodogawauta no shūhen1963 Rintarō Fukuhara Charles Lamb den1964 Kyūya Fukada Nihon-hyakumeizan1965 Izumi Yanagida Meiji-shoki no bungaku-shisō1966 Ryō Gotō Masamune Hakuchō1967 Hideo Fujigawa Edo-shoki no shijintachi1968 San Shiotani Kōda Rohan1969 Shimpei Kusano Waga Kōtarō Michitarō Tanaka Jinseironfū ni1970 1971 Ki no Tsurayuki1972 Masakazu Yamazaki 1973 Saiichi Maruya Gotobain1974 Kentarō Ikeda Puschkin den1975 1976 Shinkichi Itō Hagiwara Sakutarō Taeko Kōno Tanizaki bungaku to kōtei no yokubō 1977 Shigehiko Hasumi Han=nihongoron1978 Shūsaku Endō Christo no tanjō1979 Shōichi Saeki Monogatari-geijutsuron1980 Toshio Kawatake Sakusha no ie Jun Ishikawa Edo-bungaku-shōki1981 Hideo Takahashi Shiga Naoya1982 1983 Kōichi Isoda Rokumeikan no keifu Jirō Kawamura Uchida Hyakken ron1984 Donald Keene Hyakudai no kakaku (Oversettelse gjort av Hisao Kanaseki) Miyoji Ueda Kono yo kono sei1985 1986 Taku Egawa Nazotoki „Zeni to batsu“1987 Yōko Mochizuki Hepburn no shōgai to nihongo1988 (posthum) Shōsetsuka Natsume Sōseki1989 Shin'ichirō Nakamura Kakizaki Hakyō no shōgai Natsuhiko Yamamoto Musōan-monogatari1990 Tsuda Umeko1991 Minoru Nakamura Tsukanoma no gen'ei: dōhangaka Komai Tetsurō no shōgai1992 Hidekazu Yoshida Manet no shōzō Shin'ichi Nakazawa Mori no baroque1993 Taeko Tomioka Naka Kansuke no koi Kyō Chō Koi no chūgoku-bummeishi1994 1995 Masashi Miura Shintai no reido|- |1996 || Saburō Kawamoto || Kafū to Tōkyō|- | || Iwao Matsuyama || Gunshū|- |1997 || Tamotsu Watanabe || Mokuami no meiji-ishin|- |1998 || Seiko Tanabe || Dōtombori no ame ni wakarete irai nari|- |1999 || Shigeru Kashima || Paris fūzoku|- |2000 || || |- |2001 || || |- |2002 || Takehiko Noguchi || Bakumatsu-kibun|- |2004 || Mitsuyoshi Numano || Utopia-bungakuron|- |2005 || Hayao Maeda || Yotaaruki Kikuchi Sansai no hito to gakumon|- |2006 || Kiyotada Tsutsui || Saijū Yaso|- |2007 || Kōzaburō Arashiyama || Akutō Bashō''
Lyrikk/haiku År Prisvinner Utnevnt tittel1949 Mokichi Saitō Tomoshibi Shimpei Kusano Kaeru no uta1950 Kōtarō Takamura Tenkei1951 Satarō Satō Kichō1952 Haruo Satō Satō Haruo zenshishū1953 Takashi Matsumoto Sekikon Mitsuharu Kaneko Ningen no higeki1954 Hakyō Ishida Ishida Hakyō zenkushū1955 1956 Junzaburō Nishiwaki Daisan no shinwa1957 Miyoko Gotō Shinshū haha no kashū Tatsue Ubukata Shiroi kaze no naka de1958 Hideo Yoshino Yoshino Hideo kashū Daigaku Horiguchi Yūbe no niji1959 Shirō Murano Bōyōki1960 Hekidō Ozawa (posthum) Hekidō kushū1961 Shūji Miya 1962 Tatsuji Miyoshi Miyoshi Tatsuji zenshishū1963 Akira Asano Kanshoku1964 Shinjirō Kurahara Iwana1965 Tarō Naka Ongaku Minoru Shibōta Irino1966 Yūji Kinoshita Teihon Kinoshita Yūji shishū1967 Bummei Tsuchiya Seinanshū, Zokuseinanshū1968 Yasuo Irisawa Waga Izumo, waga chinkon Ryūta Iida Bōon1969 Tarō Yamamoto Haōki1970 Noboru Ogata Gyobutsu shishū Shizue Hatsui Tōjibai Setsuko Nozawa Hōchō1971 Hiroshi Yoshino Kanshō-ryokō Tekkyū Tsubono Hekigan1972 Seiichirō Okazaki Shun'ōten Tōru Tamaki Kyūboku1973 1974 Tōzaburō Ono Kyozetsu no ki1975 Masatoshi Yoshida Nagaruru kumo Minayoshi Kadokawa Saigyō no hi1976 Minoru Nakamura Hamushi no tobu fūkei1977 Tsunao Aida Yuigon Sumio Mori Riso1978 Ei Taya Hahakoi1979 Iku Takenaka Polka, Mazurka1980 Shigeru Kuzuhara Gen: sambusaku-kashū1981 Tadashi Amano Shiyūchi Ryōtarō Shiba Hitobito no ashioto |- |1982 || Eiji Yamazaki || Yamazaki Eiji shishū|- | || Shuntarō Tanikawa || Hibi no chizu|- |1983 || Haruki Kadokawa || Nagasareō|- |1984 || Ryūichi Tamura || Dorei no yorokobi|- |1985 || Fumi Saitō || Watariyukamu|- | || Hideo Takubo || Kaizu|- |1986 || || |- |1987 || Hirohiko Okano || Ame no tazumura|- | || Mutsuo Takahashi || Keiko onjiki|- |1988 || Tarō Kitamura || Minato no hito|- |1989 || Takayuki Kiyooka || Fushigi na kagami no mise|- | || Yoshikichi Furui || Kari ōjōden shibun|- |1990 || Tenkō Kawasaki || Natsu|- |1991 || Takasuke Shibusawa || Teichō-shiki|- |1992 || Kureo Manabe || Yukionna|- |1993 || Akiko Baba || Akofu|- | || Takashi Hiraide || Hidarite nikki reigen|- |1994 || Masajo Suzuki || Miyakodori|- |1995 || Kazuhiko Itō || Umigō no uta|- |1996 || Junko Takahashi || Toki no ame|- | || Kazuko Shiraishi || Arawareru monotachi o shite|- |1997 || Toshio Mae || Seidōji|- |1998 || Kazuhiro Nagata || Aeba|- |1999 || Yōji Arakawa || Kūchū no gumi|- |2000 || Chimako Tada || Nagai kawa no aru kuni|- |2001 || Taijirō Amazawa || Yūmei gūrinka2002 Kai Hasegawa Kokū2004 Kyōko Kuriki Natsu no ushiro2005 Kōichi Iijima Amerika Takashi Okai Tonakai-jidai ima ka kimukau2006 Minoru Ozawa Shunkan2007 Takashi Tsujii Washi ga ite
Forskningsarbeider/oversettelser