Eiji Yoshikawa - Works in Print in Japanese

Works in Print in Japanese

The Japanese publisher Kodansha currently publishes an 80-volume series: Yoshikawa Eiji Rekishi Jidai Bunko, or Eiji Yoshikawa's Historical Fiction in Paperback. Kodansha numbers the series from 1 to 80.

  • 1 — 剣難女難 (Kennan Jonan) – Sword Trouble, Woman Trouble
  • 2–4 (in three volumes) — 鳴門秘帖 (Naruto Hitcho) – Secret Record of Naruto
  • 5–7 (in three volumes) — 江戸三國志 (Edo Sangoku-shi) – The Three Kingdoms of Edo
  • 8 — かんかん虫は唄う (Kankan Mushi wa Utau) – "Kan-kan the insect sings" and other stories
  • 9 — 牢獄の花嫁 (Rougoku no Hanayome) – The Jail Bride
  • 10 — 松の露八 (Matsu no Rohachi) – Rohachi of the Pines
  • 11–13 (in three volumes) — 親鸞 (Shinran)
  • 14–21 (in eight volumes) — 宮本武蔵 (Miyamoto Musashi)
  • 22–32 (in eleven volumes) — 新書太閣記 (Shinsho Taiko ki) – paperback Life of the Taiko
  • 33–40 (in eight volumes) — 三國志 (Sangoku shi) – Romance of the Three Kingdoms
  • 41–42 (in two volumes) — 源頼朝 (Minamoto Yoritomo)
  • 43 — 上杉謙信 (Uesugi Kenshin)
  • 44 — 黒田如水 (Kuroda Yoshitaka)
  • 45 — 大岡越前 (Ooka Echizen)
  • 46 — 平の将門 (Taira no Masakado)
  • 47–62 (in sixteen volumes) — 新平家物語 (Shin Heike monogatari) – New Tale of the Heike
  • 63–70 (in eight volumes) — 私本太平記 (Shihon Taihei ki) – Private Record of the Pacific War
  • 71–74 (in four volumes) — 新水滸伝 (Shin Suikoden) – New Tales from the Water Margin
  • 75 — 治朗吉格子 (Jirokichi Goshi) – "Jirokichi Goshi" and other stories
  • 76 — 柳生月影沙 (Yagyu Tsukikage sho) – "The Papers of Yagyu Tsukikage" and other stories
  • 77 — 忘れ残りの記 (Wasurenokori no ki) – Record of Things Left Unforgotten
  • 78–80 (in three volumes) – 神州天馬侠 (Shinshu Tenma Kyo)

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