Author Profile Born in Wakayama City, Wakayama Prefecture on March 2, 1927. In April 1943, he entered the Army Aviation School, and after going through Chiran Airfield in Kagoshima Prefecture, he was assigned to the Air Communication Unit at Komaki Airfield in Aichi Prefecture when the war ended. At the end of the war, he was tasked with disposing of important documents such as the Japanese Army's codebooks [citation needed]. He later recalled that tears flowed endlessly as he burned the documents. After the war, he returned to his hometown and worked as a civil engineer for Asakawa-gumi Co., Ltd. for 24 years. Later, he took a job related to theater and met Shin Hasegawa, and began writing historical novels. In 1982, he won the 2nd Japan Literary Award for "Kuroshio no Kishibe" (The Shore of the Black Current). In 1984, "Genroku O-tatami Bugyo no Nikki" (Diary of the Genroku Tatami Magistrate) became a bestseller. In 1987, he won the 1st Popular Literature Research Award (biography category) for "Shibarareta Kyojin Minakata Kumagusu no Shogai" (The Bound Giant: The Life of Kumagusu Minakata). He received the Kumagusu Minakata Award in 2002 and the Shin Hasegawa Award in 2003. In 1992, during the visit of Crown Prince Naruhito to Kumano, he lectured on his book "Kumano Gyoko" (Imperial Visit to Kumano) for two and a half hours. He wrote works that addressed his experiences as a special attack corps member and the great figures of his hometown, Wakayama. From Wikipedia. This is a copy of Jiro Kamizaka's "Kurokujira-ki" (Black Whale Chronicle), first published in July 1989 by Shinjinbutsu Orai-sha, with the obi (book band). There is little yellowing due to age, and there are no stains, writing, or library stamps. There is a slight scratch on the obi. The cover design is by Kan Tokita. Please consider purchasing this book, understanding that it is a 50-year-old used book.