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[edit]

• 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[edit]

• 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[edit]

Television[edit]

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

Film[edit]

• 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[edit]

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