Renzaburō Shibata
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Renzaburō Shibata (柴田錬三郎, Shibata Renzaburō, March 26, 1917 – June 30, 1978) was a Japanese author and Sinologist.[1]
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He graduated from Keio University[1] and won the Naoki Prize in 1951 for Iesu no Ei (lit. Descendant of Jesus).
He is famous for Nemuri Kyōshirō, a series of jidaigeki novels.[2][3] He also published a new Japanese translation of Romance of the Three Kingdoms[4] and Water Margin.