Eiji Yoshikawa (1892-1962)

Alias:
吉川英治

Birthplace:
Naka, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan

Born:
August 11, 1892

Died:
September 7, 1962

Additional information:

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Novel:
1939  Blizzard Ronin
1942  Miyamoto musashi Ichijōji kettō
1954  Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
1955  Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
1955  Taira Clan Saga
1956  Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
1956  Three Women Around Yoshinaka
1958  Taikoki - The Saga of Hideyoshi
1959  Echo in the Mountains
1960  Shinran, Part II
1961  Miyamoto Musashi
1962  Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights
1963  Miyamoto Musashi: Birth of Two Sword Style
1964  Miyamoto Musashi: The Duel at Ichijo Temple
1965  Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro
1971  Miyamoto Musashi VI: Swords of Death
1973  Miyamoto Musashi

Original Story:
1931  Jirokichi the Rat
1931  Rogoku no hanayome zenpen
1939  Blizzard Ronin
1942  Miyamoto musashi Ichijōji kettō
1943  Initiation of the Two-Sword Style
1950  悲恋華
1951  Judge of the Ashuras
1951  Trouble Over Swords and Women: A Woman's Mind
1951  Trouble Over Swords and Women: Sword Light and Shooting Star
1952  Chronicle of the Bulbul
1952  柳生の兄弟
1952  治郎吉格子
1954  Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
1955  Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
1955  Taira Clan Saga
1955  牢獄の花嫁
1956  Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
1956  Three Women Around Yoshinaka
1956  勤王? 佐幕? 女人曼陀羅
1957  Secret of Naruto
1958  Taikoki - The Saga of Hideyoshi
1958  The Abandoned Swords
1959  Echo in the Mountains
1960  Shinran
1960  Shinran, Part II
1961  Miyamoto Musashi
1962  Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights
1963  A Prisoner in Search of Daughter
1963  Miyamoto Musashi: Birth of Two Sword Style
1964  Miyamoto Musashi: The Duel at Ichijo Temple
1965  Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro
1971  Miyamoto Musashi VI: Swords of Death
1973  Miyamoto Musashi

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