was a
Japanese author
This is an alphabetical list of writers who are Japanese, or are famous for having written in the Japanese language.
Writers are listed by the native order of Japanese names, family name followed by given name to ensure consistency although some ...
.
He was born in
Okayama Prefecture
is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Chūgoku region of Honshu. Okayama Prefecture has a population of 1,906,464 (1 February 2018) and has a geographic area of 7,114 Square kilometre, km2 (2,746 sq mi). Okayama Prefectur ...
. His son,
Junnosuke Yoshiyuki
was a Japanese novelist and short-story writer, and a member of the so-called " Third Generation of Postwar Writers" (第3の新人).
Life
Yoshiyuki was born in Okayama, the oldest child of author Yoshiyuki Eisuke, but his family moved to Tok ...
, was also a noted author; his daughter,
Kazuko Yoshiyuki
(born 9 August 1935) is a Japanese film actress and voice actress essayist.
Biography Early life
Kazuko was born in Tokyo as a first daughter of Eisuke Yoshiyuki, a writer, and Aguri. She has an older brother, Junnosuke Yoshiyuki, a novelist, ...
, a well-known actress; and his other daughter,
Rie Yoshiyuki
was a Japanese writer of short stories, novels and poetry. She was awarded the Noma Literary Prize, Noma Children's Literature Newcomer Award, the Akutagawa Prize, and the Women's Literature Prize.
Biography
Yoshiyuki was born in Tokyo as the th ...
, was a poet and novelist. The 1997
NHK
, also known as NHK, is a Japanese public broadcaster. NHK, which has always been known by this romanized initialism in Japanese, is a statutory corporation funded by viewers' payments of a television license fee.
NHK operates two terrestri ...
Asadora
, colloquially known as , is a serialized, 15 minutes per episode, Japanese television drama program series broadcast in the mornings by Japanese public broadcaster NHK. The first such series aired in 1961 with the black-and-white , starring Take ...
''Aguri'' was based on Eisuke's life with his wife Aguri. He also took a role in the Japanese Dada Movement
References
External links
e-texts of Eisuke's worksat
Aozora bunko
Aozora Bunko (, literally the "Blue Sky Library", also known as the "Open Air Library") is a Japanese digital library. This online collection encompasses several thousands of works of Japanese-language fiction and non-fiction. These include out-o ...
Japanese writers
1906 births
1940 deaths
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