January 4, 1922 – July 28, 2001 was the pen name of Yamada Seiya, a Japanese author.
He was born in Yabu, Hyogo.
In 1947, he wrote a mystery short story "The Incident on Dharma Pass" and was awarded a prize by the magazine 宝石.
He was discovered by Edogawa Rampo and became a novelist.
He wrote many ninja (忍法帖 Ninpōchō series) and mystery fiction. Many of his works have been adapted for film, TV, manga, and anime.
Works in English translation
Novels
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The Kouga Ninja Scrolls (original title: 甲賀忍法帖, Kōga Ninpōchō), translation Geoff Sant (Del Rey, 2006)
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The Meiji Guillotine Murders (original title: 明治断頭台, Meiji Dantōdai, 1979), translation Bryan Karetnyk (Pushkin Press, 2023)
Short story
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"The Yellow Lodger" (original title: Kiiroi Geshukunin), translation Damian Flanagan ( The Tower of London: Tales of Victorian London, Peter Owen, 2005) – A Sherlock Holmes pastiche
Awards
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1949, the 2nd Detective Story Writers' Club Award
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1997, the 45th Kikuchi Kan Prize
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2000, the 4th Japan Mystery Award
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2004, the Kodansha Manga Award for general manga for Basilisk, the manga adaptation of The Kouga Ninja Scrolls
Selected works
Ninja stories ("Ninpōchō" series)
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1959
["Shinobi: Heart Under Blade". (January 2007) Newtype USA. Volume 6, Number 1, page 23.] - adapted to film in 2005, to manga in 1963 and two times in 2003, and to anime in 2005 (based on one of the 2003 manga).
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1960 - adapted to film in 1963, and as a TV series in 1966.
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1961
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1961 - adapted to film twice: in 1964 (as Kunoichi Ninpō) and in 1991.
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1962 - adapted to film twice in 1964 and 1992.
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1962 - adapted to film in 1963, 1996, and 2011.
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1962 - adapted to film in 1965, 1983 (TV), and 1994.
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1964 - adapted to film in 1982 (as Ninja Wars) and to manga in 2004.
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1964
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1964 - adapted to film in 1965 and 1968.
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Yagyū Jūbei Trilogy #1 - adapted to film in 1998 and to manga in 2005.
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1965 - adapted to film in 1969.
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1965 - adapted to film in 1995.
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1965
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1967
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Yagyū Jūbei Trilogy #2 (serialized as Oboro Ninpōchō) - adapted to film in 1981, 1996 and 2003, to anime in 1997 and to various manga.
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1967 - adapted to film in 1968.
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1968
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1968
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1968 - adapted to film in 1993.
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1969
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1969
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1969 - adapted to TV in 2018.
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1970
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1971
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2001
Other fiction
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1948
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1948 - adapted to manga in 1978.
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with Akimitsu Takagi - adapted to film in 1956.
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1956
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1957 - adapted to manga in 2006.
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1960 - adapted to TV series in 1972, TV movie in 1983, V-cinema film in 1995, and to manga in 2006.
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1962 - adapted to film in 1965.
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1963
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- adapted to TV series in 2001.
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1976
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1979
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1990
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Yagyū Jūbei Trilogy #3 - adapted to manga in 2000.
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