Ryōtarō Shiba
Ryōtarō Shiba | |
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Ryōtarō Shiba in 1964 | |
| Born | August 7, 1923 Osaka, Japan |
| Died | February 12, 1996 (aged 72) Osaka, Japan |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Genre | historical novel, detective fiction |
Teiichi Fukuda (福田 定一; August 7, 1923 – February 12, 1996), also known as Ryōtarō Shiba (司馬 遼太郎), was a Japanese author. He is best known for his novels about historical events in Japan and on the Northeast Asian sub-continent, as well as his historical and cultural essays pertaining to Japan and its relationship to the rest of the world.