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| name = Yasushi Inoue<br>井上 靖<br />
| image = Inoue_Yasushi.JPG<br />
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| caption = Yasushi Inoue in 1955<br />
| pen_name = <br />
| birth_name = Yasushi Inoue<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date|1907|5|6}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Asahikawa, Hokkaido|Asahikawa]], [[Hokkaido]], Japan<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|1991|1|29|1907|5|6}}<br />
| death_place = [[Tokyo]], Japan<br />
| occupation = Writer<br />
| education = [[Kyoto University]]<br />
| period = 1930–1991<br />
| genre = <br />
| spouse = Fumiko Adachi {{small|(m. 1935)}}<br />
| children = Shuichi Inoue {{small|(son)}}<br />
}}<br />
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{{nihongo|'''Yasushi Inoue'''|井上靖|Inoue Yasushi|extra=May 6, 1907{{spaced ndash}}January 29, 1991}} was a Japanese writer of novels, short stories, poetry and essays, noted for his historical and autobiographical fiction. His most acclaimed works include ''[[The Bullfight (novella)|The Bullfight]]'' (''Tōgyū'', 1949), ''The Roof Tile of Tempyō'' (''Tenpyō no iraka'', 1957) and ''Tun-huang'' (''Tonkō'', 1959).<ref name="britannica">{{cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Inoue-Yasushi |title=Inoue Yasushi |website=Encyclopaedia Britannica |access-date=19 July 2021}}</ref><br />
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==Biography==<br />
Inoue was born into a family of physicians in [[Asahikawa, Hokkaido]] in 1907, and later raised in Yugashima, [[Izu, Shizuoka|Izu]], [[Shizuoka Prefecture]]. He was born in Hokkaido but is from Shizuoka Prefecture. In his essay "Hometown Izu", he wrote, "I was born in Asahikawa, Hokkaido, but in the yearbooks and directories, most of my birthplace is Shizuoka Prefecture. When I write it myself, I write it separately from Asahikawa as my place of birth and Shizuoka Prefecture as my birthplace...". In My History of Self-Formation, he wrote, "It seems safe to assume that Izu, where I spent my childhood, was my true hometown, and that everything that would form the basis of my person was created here."<br />
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During his high school years, he was an active practitioner of [[judo]].<ref name="kotobank">{{cite web|url=https://kotobank.jp/word/%E4%BA%95%E4%B8%8A%E9%9D%96-15473 |title=井上靖 (Inoue Yasushi) |website=Kotobank |access-date=19 July 2021 |language=ja}}</ref> He first studied law and literature at [[Kyushu University]] and later changed to philosophy at [[Kyoto University]], where he graduated in 1936 with a degree in aesthetics and a thesis on [[Paul Valéry]].<ref name="searls">{{cite book|title=Tun-huang |author1-first=Yasushi |author1-last=Inoue |author2-first=Damion (Preface) |author2-last=Searls |publisher=New York Review Books |year=2010 |translator-first=Jean Oda |translator-last=Moy |isbn=978-1-590173626}}</ref> After winning the Chiba Kameo Prize for his early work ''Ryūten'', Inoue started working for the ''[[Mainichi Shimbun]]''.<ref name="britannica" /><ref name="kotobank" /><ref name="inouemuseum">{{cite web|url=http://inoue-yasushi-museum.jp/kikaku/1301.html |website=井上靖文学館 (Yasushi Inoue Literary Museum) |title=井上靖文学館 企画展 (Yasushi Inoue Literary Museum – Special exhibitions) |language=ja |access-date=19 July 2021}}</ref> In 1937, he was drafted into the [[Second Sino-Japanese War|Sino-Japanese War]], but soon returned due to illness and resumed his occupation at the ''Mainichi Shimbun''.<ref name="kotobank" /> His military service in northern China brought forth his interest in Chinese history.<ref name="britannica" /><br />
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After the end of the [[Pacific War]], Inoue won critical acclaim with his 1949 novellas ''[[The Hunting Gun]]'' (''Ryōjū'') and ''The Bullfight'', the latter earning him the [[Akutagawa Prize]]. In the following years, he published several novels and short stories in a variety of genres: contemporary love stories,<ref name="searls" /> stories addressing social and political aspects of post-war Japan like ''[[Kuroi Ushio]]'',<ref name="searls" /> historical novels set in accurately depicted settings<ref name="picon">{{cite book|title=The Counterfeiter and Other Stories |last=Inoue |first=Yasushi |translator-last=Picon |translator-first=Leon |publisher=Tuttle Publishing |year=1965}}</ref> like the 1957 ''The Roof Tile of Tempyō'' and the 1959 ''Tun-huang'' (''Tonkō''), and works with an autobiographical background like the 1975 ''Chronicle of My Mother'' (''Waga haha no ki''),<ref name="britannica" /><ref name="kotobank" /> which documented his mother's deterioration into senility.<ref>{{cite news|title=As a Life Is Erased |last=Milton |first=Edith |date=26 June 1983 |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/06/26/books/as-a-life-is-erased.html |access-date=16 January 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|chapter=A Novelist's Intimate Journalism |title=Japan Report |volume=24–33 |publisher=Japan Information Service, Consulate General of Japan |location=New York |year=1978 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0GdfS0ERDwEC |access-date=16 January 2022}}</ref><br />
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Inoue was elected a member of the [[Japan Art Academy]] in 1964 and received the [[Order of Culture]] in 1976. He died in Tokyo in 1991 at the age of 83.<ref name="kotobank" /><br />
He had a deep knowledge of shrines, temples, and Japanese history, and served as a supervisor and editorial committee member at several publishing companies.<br />
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==Selected works==<br />
* 1937: ''Ryūten'' (流転) story<br />
* 1949: ''[[The Hunting Gun]]'' (猟銃, ''Ryōjū'') novella<br />
* 1949: ''[[The Bullfight (novella)|The Bullfight]]'' (闘牛, ''Tōgyū'') novella<br />
* 1950: ''[[Kuroi Ushio]]'' (黯い潮) novel<br />
* 1950: ''Shi to koi to nami'' (死と恋と波と) short story collection<br />
* 1951: ''[[Life of a Counterfeiter]]'' (ある偽作家の生涯, ''Aru gisakka no shōgai'') short story collection<br />
* 1953: ''Asunaro monogatari'' (あすなろ物語) novel<br />
* 1956: ''[[Hyōheki]]'' (氷壁) novel<br />
* 1957: ''The Roof Tile of Tempyō'' (天平の甍, ''Tenpyō no iraka'') novel<br />
* 1958: ''Kitaguni'' (北国) poetry collection<br />
* 1959: ''Lou-Lan'' (楼蘭, ''Ro-ran'') short story collection<br />
* 1959: ''Tun-huang'' (敦煌, ''Tonkō'') novel<br />
* 1960: ''Yodo dono no nikki'' (淀どの日記) novel<br />
* 1962: ''Chikūkai'' (地中海) poetry collection<br />
* 1963: ''Wind and Waves'' (風濤, ''Fūtō'') novel<br />
* 1967: ''Kaseki'' (化石) novel<br />
* 1967: ''Unga'' (運河) poetry collection<br />
* 1968: ''Oroshiyakoku suimutan'' (おろしや国酔夢譚) novel<br />
* 1969: ''Journey Beyond Samarkand'' (西域物語, ''Seiiki monogatari'') novel<br />
* 1971: ''Kisetsu'' (季節) poetry collection<br />
* 1975: ''Chronicle of My Mother'' (わが母の記, ''Waga haha no ki'') novel<br />
* 1976: ''Enseiro'' (遠征路) poetry collection<br />
* 1979: ''Zen shishū'' (全詩集) poetry collection<br />
* 1981: ''Hongakubō ibun'' (本覺坊遺文) novel<br />
* 1989: ''Confucius'' (孔子, ''Kōshi'') novel<br />
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==Awards==<br />
* 1936: Chiba Kameo Prize for ''Ryūten''<br />
* 1950: [[Akutagawa Prize]] for ''The Bullfight''<br />
* 1957: [[Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology]] Award for ''The Roof Tile of Tempyo''<br />
* 1959: [[Mainichi]] Press Prize for ''Tun-huang''<br />
* 1959: [[Japan Art Academy]] Award for ''Hyōheki''<br />
* 1961: [[Noma Literary Prize]] for ''Yodo dono no nikki''<br />
* 1963: [[Yomiuri Prize]] for ''Wind and Waves''<br />
* 1969: Japanese Literature Grand Prix for ''Oroshiyakoku suimutan''<br />
* 1976: Order of Culture<br />
* 1980: [[Kikuchi Kan Prize]]<br />
* 1984: [[Asahi Prize]]<br />
* 1989: Noma Literary Prize for ''Confucius''<br />
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==Adaptations (selected)==<br />
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* 1954: ''Kuroi Ushio'', directed by [[Sō Yamamura]]<br />
* 1955: ''Asunaro monogatari'', directed by Hiromichi Horikawa<br />
* 1961: ''[[Hunting Rifle (film)|Ryōjū]]'', directed by [[Heinosuke Gosho]]<br />
* 1972: ''[[The Fossil (film)|Kaseki]]'', directed by [[Masaki Kobayashi]]<br />
* 1989: ''[[Death of a Tea Master|Sen no Rikyū: Honkakubō ibun]]'', directed by [[Kei Kumai]]<br />
* 2012: ''Waga no haha no ki'', directed by [[Masato Harada]]<br />
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Inoue's works have also repeatedly been adapted for television and the stage.<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
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* {{cite web|url=https://www.enciclopedia.cat/ec-gec-0033666.xml |title=Yasushi Inoue |website=Great Catalan encyclopedia |access-date=19 July 2021}}<br />
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