Seigo Nakao is the head of

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. He is the author of many books relating to

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including The Random House Japanese-English English-Japanese dictionary and the Japanese Reference Dictionary published by Berlitz, the Langenscheidt's Japanese dictionary : Japanese-English, English-Japanese, and several smaller dictionaries. He is a translator of such classical Japanese works as Daidōji Yūzan's Code of the Samurai,Daidoji Yuzan's Code of the Samurai: A Contemporary Dual-Language Edition of the Bushido Shoshinshu and is a published literary critic with pieces available dealing with

Akira Yoshimura was an award-winning Japanese writer. Internationally he is best known for his novels ''Shipwrecks'' and ''On Parole (novel), On Parole''. Life and work Yoshimura was the president of the Japanese writers' union and a International PEN, PEN ...

, and others. He was born in Nagasaki, received his Ph.D. from

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, and first taught in America in New York City before coming to Oakland University where he now resides. He is also a fan of Yukio Mishima's work.

List of literary works

*Berlitz Japanese-English English-Japanese Dictionary Langenscheidt Pub Inc, (2-8315-7124-3) *Daidoji Yuzan's Code of the Samurai: A Contemporary Dual-Language Edition of the Bushido Shoshinshu Seigo Nakao(translator) *Dirty Japanese: Everyday Slang from "What's Up?" to "F*%# Off! by Seigo Nakao, Lindsay Mack (Illustrator) Ulysses Pr, (1-56975-565-5) *Langenscheidt's Pocket Japanese Dictionary: Japanese-English English-Japanese by Seigo Nakao Langenscheidt Pub Inc, (0-88729-171-6) *Random House Japanese-English English-Japanese Dictionary by Seigo Nakao Ballantine Books, (0-345-40548-X) *Random House Webster's Pocket Japanese Dictionary: Japanese, English, English, Japanese by Seigo Nakao Random House Inc, (0-679-77373-8) *Random House Webster's Pocket Japanese Dictionary: Japanese-English English-Japanese by Seigo Nakao Random House Inc, (0-375-72195-9) *Random House Japanese-English English-Japanese Dictionary by Seigo Nakao Random House Information Group, (0-679-44149-2)

Essays

*Akira Yoshimura. One Man's Justice.: An article from: World Literature Today by Seigo Nakao *Snakelust.(Review): An article from: World Literature Today by Seigo Nakao

References

External links

Official Web page
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