Drunk as a Lord Samurai Stories

The historical fiction of Ryotaro Shiba (1923-1996) is hugely popular in Japan. Born in Osaka, Shiba studied Mongolian at Osaka University of Foreign Languages. He worked for a time as a newspaper reporter, and began writing historical novels in the mid-1950s. His work is much loved for the insights it gives into the lives of people who lived in turbulent times of history. Shiba's novels have been made into several films Freelance translator and essayist Eileen Kato was born in Ireland in 1932, and received Masters of Arts degrees in French Studies from the National University of Ireland and in Japanese Studies from Columbia UniversityShiba, Ryaotarao is the author of 'Drunk as a Lord Samurai Stories', published 2001 under ISBN 9784770027375 and ISBN 4770027370.