Ikenami Shōtarō

Shōtarō Ikenami (池波 正太郎, Ikenami Shōtarō, January 25, 1923 – May 3, 1990) was a Japanese author. He wrote a lot of historical novels. He won the Naoki Award for popular literature in 1960. A lot of his historical novels developed into adaptations into TV programs and films.

Ikenami created several works, including:

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