Kodō Nomura

野村胡堂 日本語版へ

Biography

Born in Iwate Prefecture as Nomura Osakazu. Dropped out of the Law Department of Tokyo Imperial University. He worked at the Hōchi Shimbun as a reporter and head of the cultural department. In 1931 he began the serialization of "The Zenigata Heiji Investigation Records" (Zenigata Heiji Torimono-hikae) in the magazine "All Yomimono", eventually producing 383 episodes of this beloved Edo-period detective series. He also published music criticism under the pen name "Araebisu".

Literary Schools / Movements

大衆文芸

Publication Venues (8 venues)Click to filter works by venue

Selected Works (69 works recorded in Aozora Bunko)

  • 呪の金剛石 (Noroi no Kongōseki) (1928)
  • 死の舞踏 (Shi no Butō) (1928)
  • 焔の中に歌う (Honō no Naka ni Utau) (1928)
  • 天才兄妹 (Tensai Kyōdai) (1928)
  • 眠り人形 (Nemuri Ningyō) (1929)
  • 青い眼鏡 (Aoi Megane) (1929)
  • 死の予告 (Shi no Yokoku) (1929)
  • 禁断の死針 (Kindan no Shi Hari) (1929)
  • 向日葵の眼 (Himawari no Me) (1929)
  • 銭形平次捕物控 (Zenigata Heiji Torimono Hikae) (1930)
  • 女記者の役割 (Jo Kisha no Yakuwari) (1930)
  • 踊る美人像 (Odoru Bijin Zō) (1930)
  • 悪魔の顔 (Akuma no Kao) (1930)
  • 新奇談クラブ (Shin Kidan Kurabu) (1931)
  • 葬送行進曲 (Sōsō Kōshinkyoku) (1931)
  • 銭形平次捕物控 (Zenigata Heiji Torimono Hikae) (1931)
  • 百唇の譜 (Hyaku Kuchibiru no Fu) (1931)
  • 流行作家の死 (Ryūkō Sakka no Shi) (1932)
  • 裸身の女仙 (Rashin no Onna Sen) (1932)
  • 黄金を浴びる女 (Ōgon o Abiru Onna) (1933)
  • 身代りの花嫁 (Migawari no Hanayome) (1934)
  • 水中の宮殿 (Suichū no Kyūden) (1934)
  • 礫心中 (Tsubute Shinjū) (1935)
  • 音波の殺人 (Ompa no Satsujin) (1936)
  • 芳年写生帖 (Hōnen Shasei Jō) (1938)
  • 銭形平次捕物控 (Zenigata Heiji Torimono Hikae) (1939)
  • 大江戸黄金狂 (Ōedo Ōgon Kyō) (1939)
  • 銭形平次捕物控 (Zenigata Heiji Torimono Hikae) (1943)
  • 銭形平次捕物控 (Zenigata Heiji Torimono Hikae) (1946)
  • 奇談クラブ〔戦後版〕 (Kidan Kurabu Sengo Ban) (1946)

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