Shiba Ryōtarō: The Literary Legacy of a Giant of Historical Fiction

The main building of the Higashiōsaka museum. (Courtesy Shiba Ryōtarō Memorial Museum)

Books line the wall of the museum building. (Courtesy Shiba Ryōtarō Memorial Museum)

Shiba Ryōtarō Memorial Museum Director Uemura Yōkō speaks at the facility’s lecture hall. (© Takino Yūsaku)

The front entrance of the Shiba Ryōtarō Memorial Museum. (© Takino Yūsaku)

Shiba Ryōtarō’s study. (© Takino Yūsaku)

The first three volumes of Shiba Ryōtarō’s Saka no ue no kumo (Clouds Above the Hill). (© Nippon.com)