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Eiji Yoshikawa Books in Order

Eiji Yoshikawa, born Hidetsugu Yoshikawa, was a Japanese novelist whose historical fiction reshaped classic Japanese and Chinese narratives for modern popular readers. He began publishing fiction in the 1910s, adopted the name Eiji Yoshikawa in 1925, and achieved major success with Naruto Hicho. His best-known works include Musashi, Shinsho Taiko ki, Sangokushi, Shin Heike monogatari, and Shihon Taihei ki. He also wrote memoirs, essays, short-story collections, travel writing, and plays. He received the Cultural Order of Merit in 1960 and died in 1962.

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Musashi

His most widely known historical novel and the clearest introduction to Yoshikawa's style.

Shinsho Taiko ki

A major accessible retelling of the life and career of Toyotomi Hideyoshi.

Shin Heike Monogatari

His central postwar historical epic and a substantial reworking of The Tale of the Heike.

Sangokushi

His influential Japanese retelling of Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

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Novels (22)
  1. Enoshima Monogatari

    novel · 1914

  2. Shinran

    novel · 1923

  3. Kennan Jonan

    novel · 1925

  4. Shinshu Tenma Kyo

    novel · 1925

  5. Naruto Hicho

    novel · 1926

  6. Edo Sangokushi

    novel · 1927

  7. Kaigara Ippei

    novel · 1930

  8. Rougoku no Hanayome

    novel · 1932

  9. Shinpen Chushingura

    novel · 1936

  10. Musashi

    novel · 1935

    The classic samurai novel about the real exploits of the most famous swordsman. Miyamoto Musashi was the child of an era when Japan was emerging from decades of civil strife. Lured to the great Battle of Sekigahara in 1600 by the hope of…

  11. Shinsho Taiko ki

    novel · 1939

  12. Sangokushi

    novel · 1939

  13. Minamoto no Yoritomo

    novel · 1940

  14. Uesugi Kenshin

    novel · 1942

  15. Kuroda Josui

    novel · 1943

  16. Iro wa Nioedo

    novel · 1947

  17. Taira no Masakado

    novel · 1950

  18. Shin Heike Monogatari

    novel · 1950

  19. Ooka Echizen

    novel

  20. Shin Heike Konjaku Kiko

    nonfiction · 1955

  21. Shihon Taiheiki

    novel · 1959

  22. Shin Suikoden

    novel · 1960

Nonfiction (1)
  1. Wasurenokori no Ki

    memoir · 1955

Short fiction (5)
  1. Kankan Mushi wa Utau

    short-story-collection · 1932

  2. Matsu no ya Rohachi

    short-story-collection · 1934

  3. Ningen Sansui Zukan

    short-story-collection · 1947

  4. Jirokichi Goshi

    short-story-collection

  5. Yagyu Tsukikage Sho

    short-story-collection

Essays and speeches (2)
  1. Zuihitsu Shin Heike

    essay-collection · 1958

  2. Utsukushii Nihon no Rekishi

    essay-collection · 1959

Plays (2)
  1. Anzuchi Waranbe

    play · 1957

  2. Gikyoku Shin Heike Monogatari

    play