Sōhachi Yamaoka Explained

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]

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)^[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]

Notes and References

1. Web site: 日本大百科全書(ニッポニカ)「山岡荘八」の解説. kotobank. ja. 12 November 2021.
2. Web site: ギネス記録を持つ“元祖・国民作家”山岡荘八. BUNGEISHUNJU LTD. ja. 12 November 2021.
3. Web site: 吉川英治文学賞過去受賞作. Kōdansha. ja. 12 November 2021.
4. Web site: 大河ドラマ『春の坂道』. NHK. ja. 12 November 2021.
5. Web site: 大河ドラマ『徳川家康』. NHK. ja. 12 November 2021.
6. Web site: 独眼竜政宗. NHK. ja. 12 November 2021.
7. Web site: 山岡荘八. kinemajunpo. ja. 12 November 2021.