Renzaburō Shibata

Renzaburō Shibata (柴田錬三郎, Shibata Renzaburō, March 26, 1917 – June 30, 1978) was a Japanese author and Sinologist.

[1] 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.