Tatsuhiro Oshiro

Tatsuhiro Oshiro (born 1925) is an Okinawan novelist and playwright. He was awarded the Akutagawa Prize in 1967 for his novel The Cocktail Party (Kakutera Pati, 1967).[1] Oshiro has also been an innovator of the traditional Ryukyua kumiodori.[2] Two of his plays are Umino Tenzakai ("Celestial-sea Horizon") and Hingire, Niibichi ("Escape, Marriage").

References

  1. ^ "Okinawa Writers Excel in Literature"The Okinawia Times 2000/7/21 (Retrieved on January 13, 2008)
  2. ^ "MODERN TWIST ON 'KUMIODORI' – Artists update classic Ryukyu dance"The Japan Times (Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2007) (Retrieved on January 13, 2008)