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2 unusual facts about Sanjugo Naoki


Sanjugo Naoki

As well as historical novels such as Araki Mataemon and Odoriko Gyojoki, Naoki wrote biographies of historical figures — including Kusunoki Masashige, Ashikaga Takauji, and Genkuro Yoshitsune — and contemporary social fiction, including Nihon no Senritsu ("Japan Shudders") and Hikari: Tsumi to Tomoni ("Light: With Crime").

Naoki died in 1934 at the age of 43 from an acute case of Japanese encephalitis.



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