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Kanegae Hideyoshi | |
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| Born | January 1, 1926 Harbin, Manchuria, China |
| Died | December 23, 2008 (aged 82) Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan |
| Pen name | Mitsugu Saotome |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Notable works | Kyojin no Ori (1968) |
| Notable awards | Naoki Prize |
Mitsugu Saotome (早乙女貢, Saotome Mitsugu, January 1, 1926 – December 23, 2008) was the pen-name of Kanegae Hideyoshi, a Japanese writer of historical fiction in Shōwa and Heisei period Japan. He won the Yoshikawa Eiji Prize for Literature and the Naoki Prize.