Sōhachi Yamaoka

Sōhachi Yamaoka (山岡荘八) from Niigata was a Japanese author. He wrote a number of historical novels. Politician Kenji Yamaoka is an adopted son. In 1968, he won the Yoshikawa Eiji Prize for his historical novel Tokugawa Ieyasu.

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)

Television

 * Haru no Sakamichi (1971)
 * Tokugawa Ieyasu (1983)
 * Dokuganryū Masamune (1987)

Film

 * Kurenaigao no Wakamusha (1955)Oda Nobunaga'', a Toei production
 * Fuunji Oda Nobunaga (1959), a Toei production
 * Tokugawa Ieyasu (1965), a Toei production