Tatsuhiro Oshiro

Tatsuhiro Oshiro (born 1925) is an Okinawan novelist and playwright. He was awarded the Akutagawa Prize in 1967 for his novel The Cocktail Party (Kakutera Pati, 1967).^[1] Oshiro has also been an innovator of the traditional Ryukyua kumiodori.^[2] Two of his plays are Umino Tenzakai ("Celestial-sea Horizon") and Hingire, Niibichi ("Escape, Marriage").

References

1. ^ "Okinawa Writers Excel in Literature" – The Okinawia Times 2000/7/21 (Retrieved on January 13, 2008)
2. ^ "MODERN TWIST ON 'KUMIODORI' – Artists update classic Ryukyu dance" – The Japan Times (Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2007) (Retrieved on January 13, 2008)

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Name	Oshiro, Tatsuhiro
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Date of birth	1925
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