Michiko Nagai, a Naoki Prize-winning writer who worked on numerous historical novels such as "Masako Hojo" and is also known as the original author of NHK's Taiga drama, passed away last month at a hospital in Tokyo due to old age.
she was 97 years old.
Nagai was born in Tokyo in 1925. After graduating from Tokyo Women's Christian University, she began writing novels while working as a magazine editor. .
Nagai said that while the Japanese view of history changed dramatically after the war, she continued to write her historical novels from her own unique perspective by meticulously analyzing her materials without being bound by historical views. I was.
Among them, she has published many of her works that shine a light on the role of women in history, such as ``Masako Hojo'', ``Ranmon'', and ``Motonari Yamagiri's wife'', and she has attracted attention. Collected.
She has also worked extensively on television programs such as NHK's Dodo Nihonshi, where she explains new perspectives on historical events and figures in an easy-to-understand manner.
Nagai's novels have also been used as the originals for the NHK Taiga dramas "Kusa Moeru" and "Motonari Mouri", and in 1997 she won the Broadcasting Culture Award.
According to the Board of Education of Koga City, Ibaraki Prefecture, where Mr. Nagai spent more than 20 years from the age of 3 and was also an honorary citizen, Mr. Nagai died at a hospital in Tokyo on the 27th of last month due to old age.
she was 97 years old.