- Born:1892
- Death:1962
- Real name:Yoshikawa Hidetsugu
- Japanese:吉川英治(Yoshikawa Eiji)
Japanese novelist. Yoshikawa won Kodansha's novel conpetition in 1914. He was hired to Tokyo Maiyu Shimbun in 1921 and started writing in 1922.
1960, he received the order of culture.
Works
- Miyamoto Musashi (宮本武蔵)
- Sangokushi (三国志)
- Shinsho Taikoki (新書太閤記)
- Shin Heike Monogatari (新・平家物語)
- Uesugi Kenshin (上杉謙信)
- Shihon Taiheiki (私本太平記)