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Renzaburō Shibata (柴田錬三郎, Shibata Renzaburō, March 26, 1917 – June 30, 1978) was a Japanese author and Sinologist. He graduated from Keio University and won the Naoki Prize in 1951 for Iesu no Ei (lit. Descendant of Jesus). He is famous for Nemuri Kyōshirō, a series of jidaigeki novels.
This chapter traces Shibata Renzaburō’s early life, family, school, and university years, spanning the 1917–1941 period. This chapter covers Shibata’s formative years, indispensable to understanding a man who would become one of the most...
Shibata Renzaburō and the Reinvention of Modernism in Postwar Japanese Popular Literature explores the life and work of Shibata Renzaburō (柴田錬三郎, 1917–1978), the author of adventure and historical novels who was instrumental in reinvigorating popular Japanese literature in the postwar period.
Oct 30, 2022 · Explores the life and work of Shibata Renzaburō. Investigates the postwar shift in Japanese popular culture. Considers the significance of samurai fiction in the postwar era. Part of the book series: East Asian Popular Culture (EAPC) 224 Accesses.
Oct 31, 2022 · This chapter discusses a selection of Shibata Renzaburō’s other works and examines the evolution of Shibata’s writing in the context of the ever-changing environment of postwar Japan and the Japanese society.
Oct 1, 2022 · This chapter traces Shibata Renzaburō’s early life, family, school, and university years, spanning the 1917–1941 period.
This dissertation intends to delineate and explore the work of Shibata Renzaburo (1917-1978), author of kengo shosetsu novels, the genre of historical and adventure novels, which...
