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Inoue is famous for his serious historical fictionof ancient Japan and the Asian continent,

including Wind and Waves, Tun-huang, and Confucius, but his work also included

semi-autobiographical novels and short fiction of great humor, pathos, and wisdom like

Shirobamba

andAsunaro Monogatari, which depicted the setting of the author's own life Japan of the early to mid twentieth century in revealing perspective.

Inoue, who is one of Japan's most prolific writers today, started relatively late as a novelist. He

was forty-two when he published in 1949 his first works, the two novelettes Ryojuand The

Bullfight,which the following year won for him the top literary prize in Japan, the Akutagawa

Prize. His longer The Roof Tile of Tempyodeals both with art and ancient China Lou-Lan and

The Flood

are short historical novels of China. Whether he is writing full novels, novelettes, or

short-stories, however, Inoue's penchant for detailed, exhaustive research and historical

accuracy give his stories a flavor of authenticity. Even the characters in his stories can often be

traced back to historical individuals. In the spring of 1964, Inoue went to the United States to start

his research on what he personally believes willbe hismagnum opus, a multi-volume treatment

of first, second, and third generation Japanese abroad, particularly in the United States.

Leon Picon, from the introduction to The Counterfeiter, published in 1965

Prizes

1936 Chiba Kameo Prize --- Ruten,

1950Akutagawa Prize --- Tgyu,

1957 Ministry of EducationPrize for Literature --- The Roof Tile of Tempyo,

1959 MainichiPress Prize --- Tun-huang,

1963 Yomiuri Prize--- Ft,

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