Taku Ashibe
| Taku Ashibe | |
|---|---|
| Born |
21 May 1958 Osaka, Japan |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Language | Japanese |
| Period | 1990–present |
| Genre | Whodunit, locked room mystery, detective fiction, mystery fiction, thriller, horror |
| Literary movement | The new traditionalist movement |
| Notable awards | Ayukawa Tetsuya Award (1990) |
In this Japanese name, the family name is "Ashibe".
Taku Ashibe (芦辺 拓 Ashibe Taku, born 21 May 1958) is a Japanese mystery writer. He is a member of the Honkaku Mystery Writers Club of Japan and one of the representative writers of the new traditionalist movement in Japanese mystery writing.
Works in English translation
- Novel
- Murder in the Red Chamber (original title: Kōrōmu no Satsujin), trans. Tyran C. Grillo (Kurodahan Press, 2012)
- Short story
- "The Horror in the Kabuki Theatre" (original title: "Gohei Gekijō: Kabuki no Kuni Cthulhu Taiji"), trans. Sheryl Hogg (Lairs of the Hidden Gods 2: Inverted Kingdom, Kurodahan Press, 2005)[1]
Awards and nominations
- 1990 – Ayukawa Tetsuya Award for New Mystery Writers: Satsujin Kigeki no Jūsan-nin (Thirteen in a Murder Comedy)
- 2002 – Nominee for Honkaku Mystery Grand Prize for Best Novel: Guran Ginyōru Jō (The Castle of Grand Guignol)
- 2005 – Nominee for Honkaku Mystery Grand Prize for Best Novel: Murder in the Red Chamber
- 2009 – Nominee for Honkaku Mystery Grand Prize for Best Novel: Saiban'in Hōtei (The Lay Judge Court)
- 2011 – Nominee for Honkaku Mystery Grand Prize for Best Novel: Kisōkyū Satsujin Jiken
- 2013 – Nominee for Honkaku Mystery Grand Prize for Best Novel: Suchīmu Opera (Steam Opera)
Bibliography
Detective Shunsaku Morie series
- Novels
- Satsujin Kigeki no Jūsan-nin (殺人喜劇の13人, lit. Thirteen in a Murder Comedy), 1990
- Rekishi Kaidō Satsujin Jiken (歴史街道殺人事件, lit. The Historic Road Murder Case), 1995
- Toki no Yūkai (時の誘拐), 1996
- Rosuto Wārudo no Satsujin (地底獣国の殺人, lit. The Lost World Murders), 1997
- Jūsanbanme no Baishin'in (十三番目の陪審員, lit. The 13th Jury), 1998
- Fushigi no Kuni no Aribai (不思議の国のアリバイ, lit. Alibi in Wonderland), 1999
- Kaijin Tai Meitantei (怪人対名探偵), 2000
- Wadokei no Yakata no Satsujin (和時計の館の殺人, lit. Murder at the House of Japanese Clock), 2000
- Toki no Misshitsu (時の密室), 2001
- Guran Ginyōru Jō (グラン・ギニョール城, lit. The Castle of Grand Guignol), 2001
- Sen'ichiya no Yakata no Satsujin (千一夜の館の殺人, lit. Murder at the House of Thousand and One Nights), 2006
- Kanojora wa Yuki no Meikyū ni (彼女らは雪の迷宮に, lit. In the Snow Labyrinth, They…), 2008
- Kisōkyū Satsujin Jiken (綺想宮殺人事件), 2010
- Shichi-nin no Tantei no Tame no Jiken (七人の探偵のための事件, lit. Case for Seven Detectives), 2011
- Purinsesu ni Sasageru Misshitsu (大公女殿下に捧げる密室, lit. The Locked Room for Her Grand Ducal Highness), 2012
- Toki no Shintei (時の審廷), 2013
- Short story collections
- Tantei Sengen: Morie Shunsaku no Jikenbo (探偵宣言 森江春策の事件簿), 1998
- Sekishibyō no Yakata no Satsujin (赤死病の館の殺人, lit. Murder at the House of Red Death), 2001
- Sanbyaku-nen no Nazo-Bako (三百年の謎匣, lit. The Puzzle Box of 300 years), 2005
- Shōnen wa Tantei o Yumemiru: Morie Shunsaku Kuronikuru (少年は探偵を夢見る 森江春策クロニクル), 2006
- Saiban'in Hōtei (裁判員法廷, lit. The Lay Judge Court), 2008
Modern City series
- Satsujin Kigeki no Modan Shitī (殺人喜劇のモダン・シティ), 1994 – Novel
- Shōjo Tantei wa Teito o Kakeru (少女探偵は帝都を駆ける), 2009 – Short story collection
Jichikei tokuso series
- Shitai no Samenai Uchi ni (死体の冷めないうちに), 1998 – Short story collection
- Metoroporisu ni Shi no Wana o (メトロポリスに死の罠を), 2002 – Novel
Standalone mystery novels
- Setsudan Toshi (切断都市), 2004
- Hose Keibu Saidai no Bōken (保瀬警部最大の冒険), 1994
- Kōrōmu no Satsujin (紅楼夢の殺人), 2004 (Murder in the Red Chamber, Kurodahan Press, 2012)
- Suchīmu Opera [Steam Opera] (スチームオペラ), 2012
Short story collections
- Mentantei Z: Fukanō Suiri (名探偵Z 不可能推理), 2002
- Koroshi wa Erekiteru: Donsai Sensei Jikenchō (殺しはエレキテル 曇斎先生事件帳), 2003
- Gohei Gekijō: Karakuri-Dōrō (五瓶劇場 からくり灯籠), 2007
- Keisei Denki Jō (けいせい伝奇城)
- Gohei no Chikara Nazo no Fūjime (五瓶力謎緘)
- Hana no Miyako Sharaku no Sugao (花都写楽貌)
- Kabuki no Kuni Cthulhu Taiji (戯場国邪神封陣) (The Horror in the Kabuki Theatre)
- Meitantei Hakurankai: Shinsetsu Rupan (Lupin) Tai Hōmuzu (Holmes) (名探偵博覧会 真説ルパン対ホームズ), 2000
- Meitantei Hakurankai 2: Akechi Kogorō Tai Kindaichi Kōsuke (名探偵博覧会II 明智小五郎対金田一耕助 ), 2002
- Tantei to Kaijin no Iru Hoteru (探偵と怪人のいるホテル), 2006
- Meikyū Panoramakan (迷宮パノラマ館), 2007
- Ōgon Mugen Jō Satsujin Jiken (黄金夢幻城殺人事件), 2011
- Kindaichi Kōsuke VS Akechi Kogorō (金田一耕助VS明智小五郎), 2013
- Kitan o Uru Mise (奇譚を売る店), 2013
Juvenile mystery novels
- Neo Detective Boys series
- Yōki Jō no Himitsu (妖奇城の秘密), 2004
- Densō Kaijin (電送怪人), 2005
- Nazo no Jiorama Ōkoku (謎のジオラマ王国), 2005
- Gesshoku Hime no Kisu (月蝕姫のキス), 2008
- Sukūru Gāru Ekusupuresu 38 [School Girl Express 38] (スクールガール・エクスプレス38), 2012
Historical fiction
- Min Shin Shippūroku: Yume, Tei Seikō Senki (明清疾風録 夢・鄭成功戦記)
- Vol.1, 1995
- Vol.2, 1996
- Vol.3, 1997
See also
- Golden Age of Detective Fiction#The "new traditionalist" movement in Japanese mystery writing
- Honkaku Mystery Writers Club of Japan
- Japanese detective fiction
References
- ↑ "Lairs of the Hidden Gods 2: Inverted Kingdom". Kurodahan Press. Retrieved 13 October 2013.
External links
- Murder in the Red Chamber by Taku Ashibe, Kurodahan Press
- Review of Murder in the Red Chamber by David Cozy in The Japan Times
- Taku Ashibe at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
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