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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]

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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)
• Gensui Yamamoto Isoroku (1944)
• Tokugawa Ieyasu (1953-67)
• Chiba Shūsaku (1952-54)
• Oda Nobunaga (1955-60)
• Yamada Nagamasa (1956)
• Sakamoto Ryōma (1956)
• Minamoto no Yoritomo (1957)
• Ikiteita Mitsuhide (1963)
• Yagyū clan (1964)
• Mōri Motonari (1964)
• Emperor Meiji (1968)
• Date Masamune (1970-73)
• Haru no Sakamichi (1971)
• Tokugawa Yoshinobu (1974)
• Tokugawa Iemitsu (1974-76)

Adaptations

Television

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

Film

• 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

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