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Masamitsu Miyagitani

Masamitsu Miyagitani 宮城谷昌光 (1945–) bounced from job to job for years after college, including working at a publishing company and opening his own English school before finally stepping onto the literary stage in his mid-forties. He was mentored by author Masaaki Tachihara, who led him to focus on the function of kanji (Chinese characters) in Japanese writing, and he was spurred by the distinguished scholar of Chinese literature Shizuka Shirakawa to read the Chinese classics and study early Chinese characters. These interests led him to try his hand at historical fiction set in China. He made his literary debut in 1990 with the novel Tenku no fune (Boat across the Sky), portraying the Xia Dynasty—the earliest dynasty to be described in ancie ...more

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Masamitsu Miyagitani’s books

Average rating: 3.92 · 26 ratings · 6 reviews · 41 distinct works

	Sangokushi: 1 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2008 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sangokushi: 2 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2008 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sangokushi: 5 really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2006 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mōshōkun: 1 it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1998 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sangokushi: 4 really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2006 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sangokushi: 6 really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2010 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sangokushi: 3 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2009	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mōshōkun: 2 it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1998 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Shunjū Meishin Retsuden it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2008 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gakki [Japanese Edition] (Volume # 1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2002 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars