was a Japanese children's book author. He was born in
Tokyo Prefecture
Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and List of cities in Japan, largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, ...
, and attended
Waseda University.
Bibliography
*''Yan''
*''Majin no umi'', about the
Menashi-Kunashir Battle, winner of the Japanese Association of Writers for Children Prize in 1970
*''Okaasan no umareta ie''
*''Kiseki kurabu''
*''Fushigi na furoshiki tsuzumi''
See also
*
Japanese literature
Japanese literature throughout most of its history has been influenced by cultural contact with neighboring Asian literatures, most notably China and its literature. Early texts were often written in pure Classical Chinese or , a Chinese-Japanes ...
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List of Japanese authors
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 ...
External links
English-language page on ''Majin no umi''
Japanese children's writers
People from Tokyo
1921 births
2003 deaths
Recipients of the Medal with Purple Ribbon
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