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Eiji Yoshikawa


Japan (1892 - 1962)

Eiji Yoshikawa was born in 1892 in Kanagawa Prefecture, near Tokyo. He began his literary career at the age of twenty-two. During his thirties he worked as a journalist while continuing to write stories and novels, reaching a large and appreciative readership through having his work published, often serially, in newspapers and popular magazines. At the time of his death in 1962, he was one of Japan's best-known and best-loved novelists. He received the Cultural Medal, the highest award for a man of letters, and other cultural decorations, including the Order of the Sacred Treasure.
 

Genres: Historical
 
Series
Musashi
   Musashi (1971)
   1. The Way of the Samurai (1989)
   2. The Art of War (1989)
   3. The Way of the Sword (1989)
   4. The Bushido Code (1989)
   5. The Way of Life and Death (1989)
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Novels
   The Heike Story (1956)
   Taiko (1967)
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