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]- ^ 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.
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