Chōgorō Kaionji

Kaionji Chōgorō (Japanese海 音 寺 潮 五郎, actually: Suetomi Tōsaku (末 富 东 作), born November 5, 1901 in Ōkuchi, Isa -gun (now Isa ), Kagoshima Prefecture, † 1 December 1977 ) was a Japanese writer.

Kaionji studied at the Kokugakuin University and then worked as a teacher. At the same time he emerged as a writer of SF novels, with which he won in 1929 and 1931 with Utakata Zōshi Fuun contests of the weekly magazine Sunday Mainichi. In 1936, he was honored for Tenshō Onna streets and Budō Denraiki with the Naoki Prize.

After the Second World War, he wrote historical and biographical narratives which have been adapted for television and were very popular. He devoted his last years his main work, a biography of Saigo Takamori, a major player of the Meiji Restoration. In 1973, he was as Bunka Kōrōsha, as a person with special cultural merit, honored. In 1976 he was awarded the prize of Japanese Art Academy.

Works (selection)

  • Utakata Zōshi (うたかた 草子)
  • Fuun (风云)
  • Tenshō Onna streets (天正 女 合 戦)
  • Budō Denraiki (武 道 伝 来 记)
  • Moko Kitaru (蒙古 来る)
  • Taira no Masakado (平 将 门)
  • Ten to Chi to (天と地と)
  • Busho Retsuden (武将 列 伝)
  • Akunin Retsuden (悪 人 列 伝)
  • Ni -hon no Ginnan (二 本 の 銀杏)
  • Hi no Yama (火 の 山)
  • Kaze ni Naru Ki (風 に 鳴る 樹)
  • Saigo Takamori (西 郷 隆盛)

Swell

  • Kamakura City, Kamakura 's Literary Figures - Biography
  • Louis Frédéric: Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press, 2002 ( Original title: Japon, dictionnaire et civilization, translated by Käthe Roth), ISBN 0-674-00770-0, p 452 ( limited preview on Google Book Search ).
  • Biography at Shinchosha (Japanese)
  • Author
  • Literature (Japanese)
  • Literature ( 20th century)
  • Person with special cultural merits
  • Novel, epic
  • Japanese
  • Man
  • Born 1901
  • Died in 1977
  • Pseudonym
Isa (Kagoshima) Integrated Authority File
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