# Futaro Yamada

Futaro Yamada (山田 風太郎, Yamada Fūtarō, January 4, 1922 – July 28, 2001) was the pen name of Seiya Yamada (山田 誠也, Yamada Seiya), a Japanese author. He was born in Yabu, Hyogo. In 1947, he wrote a mystery short story Daruma-tōge no Jiken (達磨峠の事件, lit. "The Incident on Dharma Pass") and was awarded a prize by the magazine Houseki (宝石). He was discovered by Edogawa Rampo and became a novelist. He wrote many ninja (忍法帖 Ninpōchō series) and mystery stories. Many of his works have been adapted for film, TV, manga, and anime.

## Works in English translation
### Novels

* The Kouga Ninja Scrolls (original title: 甲賀忍法帖, Kōga Ninpōchō), translation Geoff Sant (Del Rey, 2006)
* The Meiji Guillotine Murders (original title: 明治断頭台, Meiji Dantōdai, 1979), translation Bryan Karetnyk (Pushkin Press, 2023)

### Short story

* "The Yellow Lodger" (original title: Kiiroi Geshukunin), translation Damian Flanagan (The Tower of London: Tales of Victorian London, Peter Owen, 2005) – A Sherlock Holmes pastiche

## Awards

* 1949, the 2nd Detective Story Writers' Club Award
* 1997, the 45th Kikuchi Kan Prize
* 2000, the 4th Japan Mystery Award
* 2004, the Kodansha Manga Award for general manga for Basilisk, the manga adaptation of The Kouga Ninja Scrolls

## Selected works
### Ninja stories ("Ninpōchō" series)

* The Kouga Ninja Scrolls (甲賀忍法帖, Kōga Ninpōchō, 1959) - adapted to film in 2005, to manga in 1963 and two times in 2003, and to anime in 2005 (based on one of the 2003 manga).
* Edo Ninpōchō (江戸忍法帖, 1960) - adapted to film in 1963, and as a TV series in 1966.
* Gunkan Ninpōchō (軍艦忍法帖, 1961)
* Kunoichi Ninpōchō (くノ一忍法帖, 1961) - adapted to film twice: in 1964 (as Kunoichi ninpō) and in 1991.
* Gedō Ninpōchō (外道忍法帖, 1962) - adapted to film twice in 1964 and 1992.
* Ninja Tsukikageshō (忍者月影抄, 1962) - adapted to film in 1963, 1996, and 2011.
* Ninpō-chūshingura (忍法忠臣蔵, 1962) - adapted to film in 1965, 1983 (TV), and 1994.
* Iga Ninpōchō (伊賀忍法帖, 1964) - adapted to film in 1982 (as Ninja Wars) and to manga in 2004.
* Ninpō Hakkenden (忍法八犬伝, 1964)
* Fūrai Ninpōchō (風来忍法帖, 1964) - adapted to film in 1965 and 1968.
* Yagyū Ninpōchō (柳生忍法帖, 1964) Yagyū Jūbei Trilogy #1 - adapted to film in 1998 and to manga in 2005.
* Ninpō Sōden 73 (忍法相伝73, 1965) - adapted to film in 1969.
* Jiraiya Ninpōchō (自来也忍法帖, 1965) - adapted to film in 1995.
* Maten Ninpōchō (魔天忍法帖, 1965)
* Shingen Ninpōchō (信玄忍法帖, 1967)
* Makai Tenshō (魔界転生, 1967) Yagyū Jūbei Trilogy #2 (serialized as Oboro Ninpōchō) - adapted to film in 1981, 1996 and 2003, to anime in 1997 and to various manga.
* Shinobi no Manji (忍びの卍, 1967) - adapted to film in 1968.
* Ninpō Kenshiden (忍法剣士伝, 1968)
* Ginga Ninpōchō (銀河忍法帖, 1968)
* Higisho Sōdatsu (秘戯書争奪, 1968) - adapted to film in 1993.
* Ninpō Fūin Ima Yaburu (忍法封印いま破る, 1969)
* Ninja Kokubyaku Zōshi (忍者黒白草紙, 1969)
* Ninpō Sōtō no Washi (忍法双頭の鷲, 1969) - adapted to TV in 2018.
* Musashi Ninpō Tabi (武蔵忍法旅, 1970)
* Uminari Ninpōchō (海鳴り忍法帖, 1971)
* Ninpō Sōsei-ki (忍法創世記, 2001)

### Other fiction

* Ganchū no Akuma (眼中の悪魔, 1948)
* Kyozō Inraku (虚像淫楽, 1948) - adapted to manga in 1978.
* Akuryō no Mure (悪霊の群, 1955) with Akimitsu Takagi - adapted to film in 1956.
* Jūsankaku Kankei (十三角関係, 1956)
* Idaten Hyakuri (いだ天百里, 1957) - adapted to manga in 2006.
* Onna Rō Hishō (おんな牢秘抄, 1960) - adapted to TV series in 1972, TV movie in 1983, V-cinema film in 1995, and to manga in 2006.
* Hitsugi no Naka no Etsuraku (棺の中の悦楽, 1962) - adapted to film in 1965.
* Taiyō Kokuten (太陽黒点, 1963)
* Keishichō Sōshi (警視庁草紙, 1975) - adapted to TV series in 2001.
* Gentō Tsujibasha (幻燈辻馬車, 1976)
* The Meiji Guillotine Murders (警視庁草紙 —風太郎明治劇場—, Keishichō Sōshi —Fūtarō Meiji Gekijō—, 1979)
* Basara (婆沙羅, 1990)
* Yagyū Jūbei Shisu (柳生十兵衛死す, 1992) Yagyū Jūbei Trilogy #3 - adapted to manga in 2000.