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Kido Okamoto

岡本綺堂 1872-11-15 – 1939-03-01 日本語版へ

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Biography

Born in Shiba, Tokyo, as Okamoto Keiji. While working as a reporter for the Tōkyō Nichinichi Shimbun and other papers, he wrote drama criticism. He created the new kabuki plays "The Tale of Shuzenji" (Shuzenji Monogatari) and "Toribeyama Love Suicide" (Toribeyama Shinjū), as well as the long-running detective series "The Hanshichi Investigation Records" (Hanshichi Torimonochō), which defined the Edo-period mystery genre.

Literary Schools / Movements

大衆文芸

Publication Venues (19 venues)Click to filter works by venue

Selected Works (140 works recorded in Aozora Bunko)

  • 銀座の朝 (Ginza no Asa) (1901)
  • お住の霊 (O Jū no Rei) (1902)
  • 池袋の怪 (Ikebukuro no Kai) (1902)
  • 河童小僧 (Kappa Kozō) (1902)
  • 父の墓 (Chichi no Haka) (1902)
  • 木曽の怪物 (Kiso no Kaibutsu) (1902)
  • 画工と幽霊 (Gakō to Yūrei) (1902)
  • 雨夜の怪談 (Amayo no Kaidan) (1909)
  • 当今の劇壇をこのままに (Tōgin no Gekidan o Kono Mama Ni) (1910)
  • 思い出草 (Omoide Kusa) (1910)
  • 修禅寺物語 (Tales of Shuzenji) (1911)
  • 箕輪の心中 (Minowa no Shinjū) (1911)
  • 一日一筆 (Ichi Nichi Ichi Pitsu) (1911)
  • 平家蟹 (Heikegani) (1912)
  • 飛騨の怪談 (Hida no Kaidan) (1912)
  • 蟹満寺縁起 (Kani Man Tera Engi) (1913)
  • 佐々木高綱 (Sasaki Takatsuna) (1914)
  • 磯部の若葉 (Isobe no Wakaba) (1916)
  • 黄八丈の小袖 (Kihachijō no Kosode) (1917)
  • 春の修善寺 (Haru no Shuzenji) (1918)
  • 我楽多玩具 (Waga Raku Ta Omocha) (1919)
  • 栗の花 (Kuri no Hana) (1919)
  • 慈悲心鳥 (Jihishinchō) (1920)
  • 麻畑の一夜 (Asabatake no Ichiya) (1920)
  • 小坂部姫 (Shō Sakabe Hime) (1920)
  • 能因法師 (Nōin Hōshi) (1920)
  • 叔父と甥と (Oji to Oi To) (1920)
  • 子供役者の死 (Kodomo Yakusha no Shi) (1921)
  • 火薬庫 (Kayaku Ko) (1921)
  • 雪女 (Yukionna) (1921)

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