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Juko Nishimura Author

Juko Nishimura is a popular and prolific Japanese writer from Kagawa. His debut novel “Inuwashi” (Golden Eagle) was given an honorable mention in the All Yomimono Prize for New Writers in 1969, and he has been nominated for several awards, including the Japan Mystery Writers’ Association Prize and the Naoki.

Jeffrey Hunter has worked as a translator and editor for 25 years, specializing in religion, philosophy, art, architecture, and both modern and Edo-period literature.