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