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Futaro Yamada

やまだ ふうたろう

Yamada Fūtarō

ペンネーム: Futaro Yamada（Primary pen name used after debut; derived from the token "wind" used among friends in middle school.）

プロフィール

性別
男性
生誕
1922-01-04 （Sekimiya, Yabu District, Hyōgo Prefecture (now Yabu)）
死没
2001-07-28 （Tama, Tokyo, Japan） 79歳
国籍
Japan
言語
Japanese

経歴

職業
novelist
活動期間
1947年〜2001年
影響を受けた人物
Edogawa Rampo, Classical fantastic literature (e.g. Nansō Satomi Hakkenden, Water Margin)
影響を与えた人物
Ryū Keichirō, Wider popular works in the "ninjutsu/ ninja fantasy" vein and related manga/anime creators (e.g., Shirato Sanpei, Yokoyama Mitsuteru, Segawa Masaki)

学歴

Tokyo Medical University (formerly Tokyo Medical College)
Faculty of Medicine / Department of Medicine
学位: 医学士
期間: 1944-1950
卒業年: 1950
国: Japan
Entered when the school was Tokyo Medical College. After graduation he did not pursue a medical career and devoted himself to writing.

受賞歴

Detective Writers' Club Award (short story)
1949
対象作品: Ganchū no Akuma / Kyozō Inraku
主催: Detective Writers' Club
結果: 受賞
Kikuchi Kan Prize
1997
主催: Kikuchi Kan Prize Committee
結果: 受賞
Japan Mystery Literature Award
2000
主催: Japan Mystery Literature Award Committee
結果: 受賞

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

Kōga Ninpōchō

1958年 Period fiction / fantastical historical fiction

The opening work of the Ninpōchō series depicting the clash of Kōga and Iga ninja; a representative work combining mass-circulation adventure with imaginative supernatural elements.

ninja artsloyalty and betrayalhistorical what-if
映像化・舞台化
  • [film] Kōga Ninpōchō (film adaptations)

Makai Tenshō

1967年 Fantastical period fiction

A representative novel famed for its bold premise of resurrecting historical swordsmen and samurai to fight—melding wild imagination and swordplay.

resurrectionperverted samurai ethoshistorical alteration
映像化・舞台化
  • [film] Makai Tenshō (1981 film, etc.) / 深作欣二 (1981)

Senchū-ha Fusennikki (War‑time diary)

Non-fiction / diary

A collection of his wartime diaries around the end of World War II; his wartime experiences strongly influenced his later work.

war experiencepersonal views on life and deathrecord and reminiscence

翻案

  • Makai Tenshō (film adaptations 1981, 2003, etc.)
  • Kōga Ninpōchō / Iga Ninpōchō etc. (film, TV, direct-to-video adaptations)

作風・主題

文体
popular-entertainment prose, acerbic humor, blend of history and the fantastical
頻出モチーフ
ninja arts / magical techniqueshistorical what‑ifs (intersection of fact and fiction)supernatural / uncannyhuman vice and views on life and death

健康

  • cataracts
    Vision decline made writing more difficult.
  • diabetes
    Affected general health and limited activity in later years.
  • Parkinson's disease
    Progressed in later life and made continued writing difficult.

評価・遺産

Recognized as one of postwar Japan's leading popular fiction writers, Yamada's extensive multi-genre oeuvre and unique historical perspective continue to be reappraised. The Yamada Futarō Prize was established in 2010 and a memorial museum was opened in his hometown, preserving his legacy.

記念館・博物館

  • Yamada Fūtarō Memorial Museum Yabu, Hyōgo Prefecture (site of former Sekimiya Elementary School) 2003年開館

資料所蔵先

  • Yamada Fūtarō Memorial Museum archives

大衆文化への影響

  • Numerous film and TV adaptations; the Ninpōchō series influenced manga and anime.

引用

  • 'Writing novels shortens one's life by that much.'
    出典: Statement (late‑life remark) (1991年)

豆知識

  • He reportedly burned many original manuscripts; only a few autograph manuscripts survive.
  • He drank large amounts of whisky nightly and jokingly called himself an 'alcohol‑Alzheimer'.
  • Anecdotes remain of his culinary habit—e.g. a family dish nicknamed 'cheese meat toro' served to guests.
  • His day of death coincides with the death day of his mentor Edogawa Rampo.
  • A memorial museum dedicated to him opened in his hometown in 2003.