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- Born
- 1892
- Died
- 1962
- Works
- 123
Top works
- 草思堂隨筆
- 吉川英治とわたし
- 草莽寸心
- 三国志
- 高山右近
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Key facts
- Native name
- 吉川 英治
- Born
- Hidetsugu Yoshikawa , ( 1892-08-11 ) August 11, 1892, Kanagawa Prefecture , Japan
- Died
- September 7, 1962 (1962-09-07) (aged 70), Tokyo , Japan
- Occupation
- Novelist
- Nationality
- Japanese
- Citizenship
- Japanese
- Genre
- Historical drama
- Subject
- Japanese history
- Notable works
- Musashi Taiko
- Spouse
- Yasu Akazawa ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1923 ) Fumiko Ikedo ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1937 )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Empire of Japan
- Place of birth
- Yokohama
- Place of death
- Tokyo
- Occupation
- poet
- Languages spoken
- Japanese
- Award
- Asahi Prize
- Notable work
- Musashi
- Image
- Eiji Yoshikawa.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1892-01-01
- date of death
- 1962-09-07
- topic's main category
- Category:Eiji Yoshikawa (writer)
- name in kana
- よしかわ えいじ
- place of burial
- Tama Cemetery
- manner of death
- natural causes
- name in native language
- 吉川英治
- pseudonym
- Кидзиро
- cause of death
- lung cancer
- writing language
- Japanese
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Encyclopedic overview
Eiji Yoshikawa (吉川 英治, Yoshikawa Eiji; Japanese pronunciation: [jo.ɕi̥.kaꜜ.wa | eꜜi.(d)ʑi, -ka.wa eꜜi-, -eꜜː.(d)ʑi], August 11, 1892 – September 7, 1962) was a Japanese historical novelist, best known for his revisions of classics and retelling of historical events through the lens of semi-biographical fiction books.
He was mainly influenced by classics such as The Tale of the Heike, Tale of Genji, Water Margin and Romance of the Three Kingdoms, many of which he retold in his own style. As an example, Yoshikawa took up Taiko's original manuscript in 15 volumes to retell it in a more accessible tone and reduce it to only two volumes.
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