Skip to the content
AuthorShort verified entry

Shōtarō Ikenami

Shōtarō Ikenami (1923–1990) was a Japanese writer, novelist and film critic.

Also recorded as Shotaro Ikenami · Shoutarou Ikenami

池波正太郎 生誕の地

三人日 · CC BY-SA 3.0

Biography

Born at Asakusa-ku in 1923, died in Kanda-Izumichō in 1990.

The recorded working language is Japanese.

The field of work recorded is historical novel, drama and literary criticism.

Distinctions recorded are Kikuchi Kan Prize, Medal with Purple Ribbon, Yoshikawa Eiji Prize for Literature and Naoki Prize.

Named by the record

Places

Only places the record itself states, plotted where the house gazetteer settles their coordinates. Nothing is inferred from a name or a nationality.

  • Asakusa-ku

    Birth place

  • Kanda-Izumichō

    Death place

Primary material

Documents and archives

Citations

References

Each reference names the institution holding it, so a reader may go to the document itself.

The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 19 August 2026.

Elsewhere in Books

For owners

Own a work by Shōtarō Ikenami?

A specialist will read what you send and tell you what the house can establish, what it cannot, and whether the object is suited to sale. There is no charge and no obligation. The object stays with you throughout; nothing is shipped to us unless it is arranged in writing beforehand.