The article will tackle Eiji Yoshikawa’s life, works, and legacy.
However, if there would be a debate on who is the most popular writer of the recent century perhaps one name would trump everyone else’s - Eiji Yoshikawa. In twentieth-century Japan, there are several writers who were famous for the historical fiction genre. For the Japanese, works like historical fiction provide a door to their past cultures and tradition which are two things they have preserved marvelously through modern times. Given the immense sense of nationalism held by the Japanese, literary works such as historical fiction remain to pique the interest of many readers. Meanwhile, the Japanese have long been known for having the highest regard for their culture and past. Reading a good historical fiction novel allows the reader to “time travel” using his own imagination. One of the major reasons why historical fiction, though overtaken by more modern fictional themes, remain to have a niche following - this genre transports back readers to a different period of time. However, there are still enthusiasts who enjoy reading fictitious works with historical themes. With the technological boom, most novel nowadays tend to be more “forward-looking” - with the rise of science fiction and post-apocalyptic works. No previous owner or remainder marks.At present, the literary genre of historical fiction is no longer as popular compared to the previous years. Fine copy of this hefty masterpiece: Tight, bright, & clean in a bright jacket (price-clipped) with slight wear. SUPERB novel of 16th century Japan, when power struggles, palace intrigues, and Samurai warriors were rampant. For his magisterial novels, he was awarded the Cultural Order of Merit in 1960 (the highest award for a man of letters in Japan). Thus, Yoshikawa abridged Taiko ki originally in 15 volumes to only two volumes (here published as one). He often condensed and retold older classics such as Tale of Genji, and Romance of the Three Kingdoms. Item #6505 ISBN: 4770015704 Eiji Yoshikawa (, Yoshikawa Eiji, 1892 – 1962) was a highly honored Japanese historical novelist. Quarto, red quarter cloth with gold lettering on spine over black boards, illustrated with frontal matter includes a battle scene as frontispiece, Heraldry images, Measurement of Time in Medieval Japan, and double-spread map of "Central Japan in the Sixteenth Century" archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (price-clipped) depicting Samuraii warriors fighting on horseback and on foot, map endpapers of "The Empire of Japan," 926 pages. Tokyo London New York: Kodansha International, 1992.
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