Famed writer Shiba's desk donated to museum

A small desk used by the late famed writer Ryotaro Shiba for writing in his youth is shown at a museum commemorating him in Osaka, western Japan, on Oct. 22, 2015. Yoko Uemura, chief of the Shiba Ryotaro Museum, shows Shiba's early novel titled "Fukuro no Shiro" (The castle of Owls) which is believed to have been written on the desk. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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