Yoshikawa Eiji
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Yoshikawa Eiji
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Profile
- Name: 吉川英治
- Name (romaji): Yoshikawa Eiji
- Profession: Writer
- Birthdate: 1892-Aug-11
- Date of death: 1962-Sept-07
- Birthplace: Kanagawa Prefecture (now part of Yokohama, Japan)
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Related Dramas
- Musashi (NHK, 2003) - Taiga drama
- Screenwriter Kamata Toshio adapted his writings from Yoshikawa-san's book Miyamoto Musashi. Yoshikawa-san's book stopped at the duel at Ganryu Island between Miyamoto Musashi and Sasaki Kojiro in 1612. Kamata-san and NHK also tied in the Tokugawa shogunate with the Musashi taiga drama.
- Taiheiki (NHK, 1991) - Taiga drama
- Drama is based on Yoshikawa-san's book The Taiheiki: A Chronicle of Medieval Japan (1959).
- Shin Heike Monogatari (NHK, 1972) - Taiga drama
- Taikoki (NHK, 1965) - Taiga drama
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Books
- The Tale of Enoshima (1914)
- Life of Shinran (1922)
- Sword Trouble, Woman Trouble
- Secret Record of Naruto
- Miyamoto Musashi (1935)
- Romance of the Three Kingdoms (1937)
- New Tale of the Heike (1950)
- A Private Record of the Pacific War (1958)
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Recognitions
- AWARD - Cultural Order of Merit, 1960
- AWARD - Mainichi Art Award, 1962
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