Nitta Jiro Literary Award
1 appearances
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Edition 4 (1985) award
Masayoshi Sato
さとう まさよし
Sato Masayoshi
Aliases:
佐藤 まさみ
Pen Names:
Sato Masami（Used the reading 'Masami' until mid-1998）
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1941-01-14 （Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan）
- Died
- 2019-07-29 （Ito, Shizuoka, Japan） age 78
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist, Freelance writer, Journalist
- Active Years
- 1984-2019
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waseda University | Faculty of Law | Department of Law | — | — | Japan |
Waseda University
Faculty of Law
/ Department of Law
Country:
Japan
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Nitta Jirō Literary Award | Daikun no Tsūka | — | Nitta Jirō Literary Award Committee | 受賞 |
| 1994 | Naoki Prize | Ebisuya Kihei Tebikae | — | Naoki Prize Selection Committee | 受賞 |
Nitta Jirō Literary Award
1985
Work:
Daikun no Tsūka
Organization:
Nitta Jirō Literary Award Committee
Result:
受賞
Naoki Prize
1994
Work:
Ebisuya Kihei Tebikae
Organization:
Naoki Prize Selection Committee
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Naoki Sanjugo Award
1 appearances
Works
Major Works
Daikun no Tsūka: Bakumatsu 'Yen-Dollar' War
1984 Historical-economic novelA historical-economic novel about currency, exchange, and international economic issues in the late Edo (Bakumatsu) period. Reconstructs events based on meticulous research.
currency and financeBakumatsu historyeconomic history
Ebisuya Kihei Tebikae
1993 Period novel (jidaishōsetsu)A period novel depicting townspeople and local law enforcers; winner of the 110th Naoki Prize.
Edo periodcommonersjudicial and police systems
Monokaki Dōshin: Inemuri Monzō
1994 Period novel (jidaishōsetsu)First volume of a detective-style series featuring a scribe-samurai protagonist. Adapted into an NHK TV drama.
detective talesEdo customsperspective of working professionals
Adaptations
- [TV drama] Monzō the Scribe (TV drama) (1998)
Yashūmawari Kuwayama Jūbē
1996 Period novel (jidaishōsetsu)A detective series following a traveling law officer who solves cases; part of the series was adapted for television in 2007.
itinerant detective workregional Edo sceneryduty and human feeling
Adaptations
- [TV drama] Yashūmawari Kuwayama Jūbē — TV Detective Journey (2007)
Bibliography
- Daikun no Tsūka: Bakumatsu 'Yen-Dollar' War
- Satsuma-han Keizai Kanryō — The Bakumatsu Technocrat Who Created Kaiten Funds
- Bakumatsu Sumitomo Board — Two Corporate Strategies for Survival
- Tonomori no Zei — Tanuma Okitsugu's Economic Reforms
- Edo's Taxes and Currency — Economic Bureaucrats Who Sustained the Tokugawa Shogunate
- Kagechō — Hanjī Detective Records
- Ebisuya Kihei Tebikae
- Monokaki Dōshin: Inemuri Monzō
- Kaikoku — The Honest Prime Minister Hotta Masayoshi
- Thief's Trade
- Yashūmawari Kuwayama Jūbē
- Tesseki Shinan — Kamiyama Shingo
- Outlaw
- Hayakkozō Ibun
- Rise to Success — Life of Bureaucrat Kawaji Seibo
- Rōgan Yume Ittei — Hachisuka Koroku
- Secret Pact (Mitsuyaku)
- Yūsai Genshi
- Ageha no Chō (The Swallowtail Butterfly)
- The Murdered Guide
- O-tazunemono
- Chijiri Kagami Saburō
- Fiscal Reform: 'Obsession' Learned from History
- Keijun — The Journey of a Criminal Report
- The Tall Tales of Hyakusuke
- Old Gambler
- The Head of Spearman Sagohei
- The Theatrical Thief: Second-generation Nihonzaemon
- The Woman of Four Ryō Two Bu
- Inochi Myōga
Adaptations
- Monzō the Scribe (NHK TV drama, 1998)
- Shikujiri Kagami Saburō (NHK TV drama, 1999)
- Yashūmawari Kuwayama Jūbē — TV Detective Journey (TV Asahi, 2007)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- meticulous historical research and depictionfusion of historical fact and economic historyaccessible narrative style in period fiction
- Recurring Motifs
- Edo-era judicial and police systemsmedical and healthcare knowledgeeconomic and currency mechanisms
Legacy
Recognized as a period novelist known for meticulous archival research and an economic perspective; winner of the Naoki Prize among other honors. Through numerous series and screen adaptations he broadened the scope of contemporary historical fiction.
Archives
- National Diet Library of Japan — holdings / ID: 00143774
- VIAF record: 108207803
In Popular Culture
- NHK Friday Period Drama 'Monzō the Scribe' (1998)
- TV Asahi 'Yashūmawari Kuwayama Jūbē — TV Detective Journey' (2007)
Trivia
- After graduating university he briefly joined a company but quit after three days, reportedly finding the trainee program pointless.
- In 1968 he was hired as a freelance writer by Young Lady magazine but left after three months.
- He participated as a reporter in the founding of Weekly Post.
- Until mid-1998 he used the reading 'Masami' for his name, including at the time of the Naoki Prize.
- Debut novel 'Daikun no Tsūka' won the 4th Nitta Jirō Literary Award (1985).
- 'Ebisuya Kihei Tebikae' won the 110th Naoki Prize (1994).