Ryōtarō Shiba, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Ryōtarō Shiba

Japanese writer

Date of Birth: 07-Aug-1923

Place of Birth: Ōsaka, Ōsaka Prefecture, Japan

Date of Death: 12-Feb-1996

Profession: writer, novelist

Nationality: Japan

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Ryotaro Shiba (?? ???, Shiba Ryotaro), born Teiichi Fukuda (?? ??, Fukuda Teiichi, August 7, 1923 – February 12, 1996), was a Japanese author best known for his novels about historical events in Japan and on the Northeast Asian sub-continent, as well as his historical and cultural essays pertaining to Japan and its relationship to the rest of the world.