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PROFESSOR EDWIN A. CRANSTON AWARDED 2007 YAMAGATA BANTO PRIZE (山片蟠桃賞)
Established in 1982, the Yamagata Banto Prize is awarded by the prefectural government of Osaka, Japan to an author who has contributed to increased international understanding of Japanese culture. The screening committee unanimously selected Prof. Cranston and a series of his literary works for receipt of the 22nd Yamagata Banto Prize on November 30, 2007. The prize is named after Banto Yamagata (1748 - 1821), a prominent self-taught scholar from Osaka known for his embrace of rationality and rejection of superstition, and one of the first Japanese to study Western science. Professor Cranston was selected in recognition of his accomplishments translating traditional Japanese waka poetry, the committee making note in particular of his 1993 A Waka Anthology - Volume One: The Gem-Glistening Cup.
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