Eiji Yoshikawa
Japanese historical novelist (1892-1962) · Japan · On the map · Writers · Died at 70
Eiji Yoshikawa 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.
Eiji Yoshikawa is read about 399 times a day, in 38 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 6 November 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 104 days, one point a day.
Something wrong?A life in dates
1962Died7 September 19621960Order of CultureAwardPerson of Cultural MeritAward1955Asahi PrizeAward1953Kikuchi Kan PrizeAward1892Born11 August 1892
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Hiroshi Inagaki Directed Miyamoto musashi Ichijōji kettō (1942)
Michiyo Kogure Also in Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple (1955)
Tomu Uchida Directed Miyamoto Musashi (1961)
Toshiro Mifune Also in Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto (1954)
Mariko Okada Also in Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto (1954)
Rentarō Mikuni Also in Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto (1954)
Kaoru Yachigusa Also in Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto (1954)
Daisuke Katō Also in Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto (1954)
Akihiko Hirata Also in Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto (1954)
Mitsuko Mito Also in Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto (1954)
Kenji Mizoguchi Directed Taira Clan Saga (1955)
Teinosuke Kinugasa Directed Three Women Around Yoshinaka (1956)
Isao Kimura Also in Miyamoto Musashi (1961)
Seiji Miyaguchi Also in Miyamoto Musashi (1961)
Harue Akagi Also in Miyamoto Musashi (1961)
Tomotaka Tasaka Directed Shinran, Part II (1960)
Kōji Tsuruta Also in Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple (1955)
Yorozuya Kinnosuke Also in Miyamoto Musashi (1961)
Chieko Naniwa Also in Miyamoto Musashi (1961)
Masaichi Nagata Produced Taira Clan Saga (1955)
Wakaba Irie Also in Miyamoto Musashi (1961)
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Country
Japan
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1892 to 1962 · aged 70
