was a Japanese writer known for his popular fiction frequently set in the Edo period featuring chivalric gangsters. In 1891, he published his first work Mikazuki (Crescent Moon) under the alias Chinunoura Namiroku (ちぬの浦 浪六), which was well received. He would go on to write more than 100 novels until 1930 and become a prominent writer of the time.
He was the maternal grandfather of Otoya Yamaguchi, the 17-year-old ultranationalist who assassinated Japan Socialist Party chairman Inejirō Asanuma in 1960.
Early life Namiroku was born Murakami Makoto (信) in Sakai, Osaka, Japan. His father died when he was very young, and was a result was raised by his mother. When he was in elementary school, he was adopted by a politician of the time named Saisho Atsushi. Namiroku wanted to become a politician and businessman, but ultimately failed at those endeavors.『我五十年』村上浪六 著 (加島虎吉, 1914) In 1890, Namiroku joined the staff of the Tokyo-based mail order magazine company Hochi Shimbun as a proofreader.
Writing career In 1898, one year after joining Hochi Shimbun, Murakami published his first work of fiction "Mikazuki ("Crescent Moon"), which described the life of a swordsman who adhered to traditional samurai values. The book was very well received among the general public, and Murakami decided to be a professional writer from then on.長山靖生『日本SF精神史 完全版』（河出書房新社）P.102 Thereafter, he embarked on a series of novels about heroic chivalric street gangsters, which came to be known as "bachibin novels" after the hairstyle worn by their dashing streetwise heroes, whereby the hair (hin) on the head was shaved in the shape of a shamisen plectrum (bachi).
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Mikazuki (三日月) Shunyodo Publishing Co., 1891 Izutsu Menosuke (井筒女之助), Shunyodo Publishing Co., 1891 Oniyakko (鬼奴), Shunyodo Publishing Co., 1892 Yakko no Oman (奴の小万), Shunyodo Publishing Co, 1892 Yabu Daitsudzumi (破大皷), Shunyodo Publishing Co., 1893 Yoarashi (夜嵐), Shunyodo Publishing Co., 1893 Namiroku Manpitsu (浪六漫筆) Shunyodo Publishing Co., 1893 Seishin Gunki (征清軍記), Aoki Sūzandō Publishing Co., 1894 Namiroku Soushou 10-ban Nouchi Tasoya Andon (浪六叢書十番のうちたそや行燈) Shunyodo Publishing Co., 1894 Nochi no Mikazuki (後の三日月), Shunyodo Publishing Co., 1894 Nisshin Jiken Shinshousetsu (日清事件新小説) Aoki Sūzandō Publishing Co., 1895 Fukaamigasa (深見笠), Shunyodo Publishing Co., 1894 Hige no Jikyuu (髯の自休), Shunyodo Publishing Co., 1894 Yasuda Sakubee (安田作兵衛), Shunyodo Publishing Co., 1894 Kaizoku (海賊) Aoki Sūzandō Publishing Co., 1895 Koga-shi (古賀市) Aoki Sūzandō Publishing Co., 1895 Sakana-ya Sukezaemon (魚屋助左衛門) Aoki Sūzandō Publishing Co., 1895 Nochi no Kaizoku (後の海賊) Aoki Sūzandō Publishing Co., 1895 Osaka-jō (大阪城) Aoki Sūzandō Publishing Co., 1896 Onii Azami (鬼あざみ) Aoki Sūzandō Publishing Co., 1896 10-Moji (十文字) Aoki Sūzandō Publishing Co., 1896 Shinpei-ei (新兵衛) Saidō Eizō, 1896 Kyasha (Minshaan) (花車 (眠獅庵)) Aoki Sūzandō Publishing Co., 1896 Luzon Sukezaemon (呂宋助左衛門) Aoki Sūzandō Publishing Co., 1896 Jinasadame (しなさだめ) Aoki Sūzandō Publishing Co., 1897 Roroku Bunko (浪六文庫) Aoki Sūzandō Publishing Co., 1897 Tōsei Gonin Otoko (当世五人男) Aoki Sūzandō Publishing Co., 1897 Musha-kishitsu (武者気質) Aoki Sūzandō Publishing Co., 1897 Kyōkashuu (狂歌集) Aoki Sūzandō Publishing Co., 1898 Ukiyo-zoshi (浮世草紙) Aoki Sūzandō Publishing Co., 1898 Tsuta no Hozomichi (蔦の細道) Aoki Sūzandō Publishing Co., 1898 Saigo no Kurodakenji (最後の黒田健次) Aoki Sūzandō Publishing Co., 1899 Akatonbo (赤蜻蛉) Aoki Sūzandō Publishing Co., 1900 Harada Sosuke (原田宗輔) Aoki Sūzandō Publishing Co., 1900 Meiji Jūnen (明治十年) Aoki Sūzandō Publishing Co., 1900 Kasuga no Tsubone (春日局) Shinshinō Publishing Co., 1901 Date Furi-ko (伊達振子) Aoki 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