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

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)
• Tokugawa Ieyasu (1983)
• Dokuganryū Masamune (1987)

Film

• Kurenaigao no Wakamusha (1955)Oda Nobunaga, a Toei production
• Fuunji Oda Nobunaga (1959), a Toei production
• Tokugawa Ieyasu (1965), a Toei production

References

1. ^ "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.
2. "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.
3. "吉川英治文学賞過去受賞作" (in Japanese). Kōdansha. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
4. "大河ドラマ『春の坂道』" (in Japanese). NHK. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
5. "大河ドラマ『徳川家康』" (in Japanese). NHK. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
6. "独眼竜政宗" (in Japanese). NHK. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
7. ^ "山岡荘八" (in Japanese). kinemajunpo. Retrieved 12 November 2021.

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