Renzaburo Shibata
Renzaburō Shibata (1917–1978) was a Japanese novelist born in Okayama Prefecture, best known for the Nemuri Kyōshirō series of swordsman novels; he won the Naoki Prize for "Iesu no Sue". His novel Zūzūshii Yatsu was adapted into a manga drawn by Gorō Sakasai and serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump in 1971–1972.