Uemura Yōkō

Director, Shiba Ryōtarō Memorial Museum. As the younger brother of Shiba’s wife, Fukuda Midori, he became acquainted with the writer while still in elementary school. Graduated from Dōshisha University in 1967 and joined the Sankei Shimbun. He worked at the city desk of the newspaper before going on to head the Kyoto bureau and serve as assistant director of the editorial office, among other posts. Along with his position at the museum, he is the executive director of the Shiba Ryōtarō Memorial Foundation.