The British Association for Japanese Studies

BAJS has administered the Ivan Morris Memorial Prize since 1979.

This annual prize is awarded in commemoration of the late Professor Ivan Morris* to a student submitting an outstanding piece of work in the field of Japanese Studies.

Professor Ivan Morris was a many-sided author and teacher in the field of Japanese Studies. See below for an indication of the range of his writings.

ESSAY PRIZE INFORMATION 2007

* WRITINGS OF PROFESSOR IVAN MORRIS

Nationalism and the Right Wing in Japan: A Study of Postwar Trends, London, OUP (RIIA), 1960 (edited)
Japan, 1931-45: Militarism, Fascism, Japanism? , 1963 (edited)
Maruyama Masao, Thought and Behaviour in Modern Japanese Politics, 1963
The World of the Shining Prince: Court Life in Ancient Japan, 1964 (edited)
Pillow Talk of Sei Shonagon, 1967
The Pillow-Book Puzzles, 1969 (edited)
The Tale of Genji Scroll, 1971
Dictionary of Selected Forms in Classical Japanese Literature, 1966
Modern Japanese Stories, 1961 (edited)
Ihara Saikaku, Life of an Amorous Woman, 1964
Translated novels by Mishima Yukio, Ooka and Osaragi Jiro