Sōhachi Yamaoka

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Sōhachi Yamaoka (山岡荘八, Yamaoka Sōhachi, January 11, 1907 – September 30, 1978) from Niigata was a Japanese author.^[1] He wrote a number of historical novels.^[1] Politician Kenji Yamaoka is an adopted son.^[2] In 1968, he won the Yoshikawa Eiji Prize for his historical novel Tokugawa Ieyasu.^[3]

Awards

1958 - Chunichi Prize
1967 - Shin Hasegawa Prize
1968 - Yoshikawa Eiji Prize
1973- Medal with Purple Ribbon
1978 - 2nd Class, Order of the Sacred Treasure

Selected published works

Otoko no Koi (1938)
Marshall Yamamoto Isoroku (1944)
Young Chiba Shusaku (1955)
Chiba Shūsaku (1952-54)
Tokugawa Ieyasu (1953-67) - 28 volumes
Oda Nobunaga (1955-60) - 8 volumes
Young Oda Nobunaga (1965)
Yamada Nagamasa (1956)
Sakamoto Ryōma (1956)
Mito Kōmon (1957)
Minamoto no Yoritomo (1957-60) - 3 volumes
Shin Taiheiki (1957-62) - 8 volumes
Nobusuke Kishi (1959)
Ikiteita Mitsuhide (1963)
Yagyū clan (1964)
Mōri Motonari (1964)
Isehon Taikoki (1965) - 7 volumes
Pacific War (1965-71) - 9 volumes
Takasugi Shinsaku (1966)
Yoshida Shōin (1968)
Emperor Meiji (1968) - 3 volumes
Date Masamune (1970-73)
Haru no Sakamichi (1971)
Tokugawa Yoshinobu (1974) - 5 volumes
Tokugawa Iemitsu (1974-76) - 3 volumes
Unprecedented Man - Ryōichi Sasakawa (1978)

Adaptations

Television

Haru no Sakamichi (1971)^[4]
Tokugawa Ieyasu (1983)^[5]
Dokuganryū Masamune (1987)^[6]

Film

Kurenaigao no Wakamusha (1955)Oda Nobunaga, a Toei production^[7]
Fuunji Oda Nobunaga (1959), a Toei production^[7]
Tokugawa Ieyasu (1965), a Toei production^[7]

References

^ ^a ^b "日本大百科全書(ニッポニカ)「山岡荘八」の解説" (in Japanese). kotobank. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
^ "ギネス記録を持つ"元祖・国民作家"山岡荘八" (in Japanese). BUNGEISHUNJU LTD. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
^ "吉川英治文学賞過去受賞作" (in Japanese). Kōdansha. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
^ "大河ドラマ『春の坂道』" (in Japanese). NHK. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
^ "大河ドラマ『徳川家康』" (in Japanese). NHK. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
^ "独眼竜政宗" (in Japanese). NHK. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c "山岡荘八" (in Japanese). kinemajunpo. Retrieved 12 November 2021.