Sasazawa, author of 'Kogarashi Monjiro' period novels, dies

Sasazawa, author of 'Kogarashi Monjiro' period novels, dies

TOKYO, Japan - Saho Sasazawa (file photo taken in March, 2000), author of the popular ''Kogarashi Monjiro'' period novels whose television adaptation made him popular, died of lung cancer at a Tokyo hospital on Monday at the age of 71. (Kyodo)

  • Product Code
  • ILEA000015418
  • Registered date
  • 2002/10/21 00:00:00
  • Credit
  • Kyodo / Kyodo News Images
  • Media source
  • Media size
  • 472 × 567 pixel
  • Resolution
  • 72 dpi
  • Deployment size
  • 135.40(KB)*
  • Special instruction

*File size when opened in Photoshop, etc.

Similar Images & Videos
    Fuji Television

    Fuji Television

    File photo taken on Jan. 27, 2025, shows Fuji Television Network Inc.'s headquarters in Tokyo. Longtime Fuji Media Holdings Inc. executive Hisashi Hieda will step down from his role as managing adviser, the company said on March 27, 2025, with its broadcasting unit under fire for its handling of a sexual misconduct scandal involving former TV host Masahiro Nakai.
      Hokuriku Shinkansen Line stretches through Fukui Pref.

      Hokuriku Shinkansen Line stretches through Fukui Pref.

      Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the Japan Air Self-Defense Force's Blue Impulse aerobatic team flying over Fukui, central Japan, on March 16, 2024, to celebrate the start of a shinkansen bullet train service between Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, and Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture -- a new extended route of the Hokuriku Shinkansen Line, previously linking Tokyo with Kanazawa.
        Hokuriku Shinkansen Line stretches through Fukui Pref.

        Hokuriku Shinkansen Line stretches through Fukui Pref.

        Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the Japan Air Self-Defense Force's Blue Impulse aerobatic team flying over JR Fukui Station in Fukui, central Japan, on March 16, 2024, to celebrate the start of a shinkansen bullet train service between Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, and Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture -- a new extended route of the Hokuriku Shinkansen Line, previously linking Tokyo with Kanazawa.
          Hokuriku Shinkansen Line stretches through Fukui Pref.

          Hokuriku Shinkansen Line stretches through Fukui Pref.

          Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the Japan Air Self-Defense Force's Blue Impulse aerobatic team flying over Fukui, central Japan, on March 16, 2024, to celebrate the start of a shinkansen bullet train service between Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, and Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture -- a new extended route of the Hokuriku Shinkansen Line, previously linking Tokyo with Kanazawa.
            Budget plane with women's support project logo

            Budget plane with women's support project logo

            Photo taken at Narita airport near Tokyo on March 4, 2024, shows an airplane of the Japan Airlines-affiliated low-cost carrier Zipair Tokyo, featuring the logo of the "Girls Be Ambitious" project launched by Be-A Japan, a Tokyo-based startup developing and selling absorbent period shorts to support women in the workforce.
              Budget plane with women's support project logo

              Budget plane with women's support project logo

              Photo taken at Narita airport near Tokyo on March 4, 2024, shows an airplane of the Japan Airlines-affiliated low-cost carrier Zipair Tokyo, featuring the logo of the "Girls Be Ambitious" project launched by Be-A Japan, a Tokyo-based startup developing and selling absorbent period shorts to support women in the workforce.
                CORRECTED: Bank of Japan building

                CORRECTED: Bank of Japan building

                File photo taken in March 2020 shows the Bank of Japan head office in Tokyo.
                  Tokyo Gas LNG tanks

                  Tokyo Gas LNG tanks

                  File photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Nov. 12, 2021, shows liquefied natural gas tanks of Tokyo Gas Co. in Sodegaura in Chiba Prefecture, eastern Japan.
                    Tokyo Gas LNG tanks

                    Tokyo Gas LNG tanks

                    File photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Nov. 12, 2021, shows liquefied natural gas tanks of Tokyo Gas Co. in Sodegaura in Chiba Prefecture, eastern Japan.
                      Tokyo Gas LNG tanks

                      Tokyo Gas LNG tanks

                      File photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Nov. 12, 2021, shows liquefied natural gas tanks of Tokyo Gas Co. in Sodegaura in Chiba Prefecture, eastern Japan.