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January 4, 1922 – July 28, 2001 was the 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 and became a novelist. He wrote many (忍法帖 Ninpōchō series) and . Many of his works have been adapted for film, TV, manga, and anime.


Works in English translation

Novels
  • The Kouga Ninja Scrolls (original title: 甲賀忍法帖, Kōga Ninpōchō), translation Geoff Sant (Del Rey, 2006)
  • The Meiji Guillotine Murders (original title: 明治断頭台, Meiji Dantōdai, 1979), translation Bryan Karetnyk (, 2023)


Short story
  • "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
  • 1949, the 2nd Detective Story Writers' Club Award
  • 1997, the 45th Prize
  • 2000, the 4th Japan Mystery Award
  • 2004, the Kodansha Manga Award for general manga for Basilisk, the adaptation of The Kouga Ninja Scrolls


Selected works

Ninja stories ("Ninpōchō" series)
  • 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).
  • 1960 - adapted to film in 1963, and as a TV series in 1966.
  • 1961
  • 1961 - adapted to film twice: in 1964 (as Kunoichi Ninpō) and in 1991.
  • 1962 - adapted to film twice in 1964 and 1992.
  • 1962 - adapted to film in 1963, 1996, and 2011.
  • 1962 - adapted to film in 1965, 1983 (TV), and 1994.
  • 1964 - adapted to film in 1982 (as ) and to manga in 2004.
  • 1964
  • 1964 - adapted to film in 1965 and 1968.
  • Yagyū Jūbei Trilogy #1 - adapted to film in 1998 and to manga in 2005.
  • 1965 - adapted to film in 1969.
  • 1965 - adapted to film in 1995.
  • 1965
  • 1967
  • Yagyū Jūbei Trilogy #2 (serialized as Oboro Ninpōchō) - adapted to film in 1981, 1996 and 2003, to anime in 1997 and to various manga.
  • 1967 - adapted to film in 1968.
  • 1968
  • 1968
  • 1968 - adapted to film in 1993.
  • 1969
  • 1969
  • 1969 - adapted to TV in 2018.
  • 1970
  • 1971
  • 2001


Other fiction
  • 1948
  • 1948 - adapted to manga in 1978.
  • with - adapted to film in 1956.
  • 1956
  • 1957 - adapted to manga in 2006.
  • 1960 - adapted to TV series in 1972, TV movie in 1983, film in 1995, and to manga in 2006.
  • 1962 - adapted to film in 1965.
  • 1963
  • - adapted to TV series in 2001.
  • 1976
  • 1979
  • 1990
  • Yagyū Jūbei Trilogy #3 - adapted to manga in 2000.


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