View source

[[Image:YOSHIKAWA_Eiji.gif|frame|Yoshikawa Eiji]]

==Profile==
*'''Name:''' 吉川英治
*'''Name (romaji):''' Yoshikawa Eiji
*'''Profession:''' Writer
*'''Birthdate:''' 1892-Aug-11
*'''Date of death:''' 1962-Sep-07
*'''Birthplace:''' Kanagawa Prefecture (now part of Yokohama, Japan)

==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

==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)

==Recognitions==
*'''AWARD''' - Cultural Order of Merit, 1960
*'''AWARD''' - Mainichi Art Award, 1962

==External Links==

[[Category:JWriter]]