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Tatsuaki Shinoda

しのだ たつあき

Shinoda Tatsuaki

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1937-10-07 (Ichinomiya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan)
Nationality
Japan
Languages
Japanese

Career

Occupations
Writer, Physician, Doctor of Medicine
Active Years
1970-
Nominations
85th Naoki Prize nominee for 'Ogosho no Kenjohin', 94th Naoki Prize nominee for 'Joya-tō', 95th Naoki Prize nominee for 'Genroku Matai Den', 97th Naoki Prize nominee for 'Ukiyo Matabei Gyōjōki', 105th Naoki Prize nominee for 'Hōōchō no Hininpō'

Education

Nagoya University
Faculty of Medicine
Degree: 医学博士
Country: Japan
Shizuoka Prefectural Shizuoka High School
Country: Japan

Awards

Historical Literature Award
1983
Work: Niwaka Sanba and Soseki
Organization: Historical Literature Award Organization
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Niwaka Sanba and Soseki

1983 Historical novel

A historical novel focused on Soseki.

HistoryLiteratureMedicine

The Papal Court's Contraception Law

1991 Historical novel

A historical novel depicting Kyuusaku Ogino.

HistoryMedicineBiography
Adaptations
  • [Theater] The Papal Court's Contraception Law / 飯島早苗

Bibliography

  • Niwaka Sanba and Soseki
  • Joya-to
  • Genroku Matai Den
  • Ukiyo Matabei Gyōjōki
  • The Court Physician's Wife
  • Umajo Sai Ibun
  • The Bell of the Holy Mother: The Legacy of the Nanban Doctor Almeida
  • Shoot Nobunaga: The Water Fortress of the Nagashima Revolt
  • The Papal Court's Contraception Law
  • The Man of Rainy Moon
  • How to Welcome the Afterlife
  • The Fighting Medical Spirit: A Novel of Shibasaburo Kitasato
  • White Torrents: The Life of Meiji Medical Officer Chian Sagara
  • Records of Karasuroji: The Go Board Match of Shikibu Shonagon
  • The Stone Monument in the Sky: Bakufu Medical Officer Ryojun Matsumoto
  • Mona Lisa Had Hyperlipidemia: Medical Records of 29 Portraits
  • Diseases that Changed Japanese History
  • Medical Records of the Fifteen Tokugawa Shoguns
  • Medical Records of Successive Emperors
  • The View of Life and Death of Sengoku Warlords
  • The Deathbed Chronicles of Famous Figures in Japanese History

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Narrative mixing historical factsDetailed medical descriptions and emphasis on human drama
Recurring Motifs
Historical figuresMedicine and healthcarePsychological depictions of era contexts

Legacy

Tatsuaki Shinoda is highly regarded as both a physician and writer, especially known for historical novels and medical-themed literature. His works have been adapted for stage and sparked attention, contributing to the fusion of medicine and history.

Trivia

  • Tatsuaki Shinoda served as Honorary Director of the Aichi Prefecture Colony for Physically and Mentally Disabled Central Hospital.
  • His work 'The Papal Court's Contraception Law' was adapted into a play and gained popularity.
  • He won the Historical Literature Award in 1983 for 'Niwaka Sanba and Soseki'.