Mitsugu Saotome Writer

For the aikido teacher, see Mitsugi SaotomeMitsugu Saotome (早乙女貢, Saotome Mitsugu, January 1, 1926 – December 23, 2008) was the pen-name of a Japanese writer of historical fiction in Shōwa and Heisei period Japan. His real name was Kanegae Hideyoshi.

Personal facts

PseudonymMitsugu Saotome
Birth dateJanuary 01, 1926
Birth place
Manchuria , Harbin
Date of deathDecember 23, 2008
Place of death
Kamakura Kanagawa

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Writer

award
Naoki Prize

Topical connections

Mitsugu Saotome on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.booksfromjapan.jp/authors/item/929-mitsugu-saotome
  2. http://www.jlpp.go.jp/en/works/02_19.html