Shumon Miura

Shumon Miura (三浦 朱門, Miura Shumon, 12 January 1926 – 3 February 2017) was a Japanese novelist.

Shumon Miura
三浦朱門
Miura with his wife in 1955
Head of the Japan Art Academy
In office 2004–2014
Preceded by	Tadashi Inumaru
Succeeded by	Kuroi Senji
Commissioner of the Cultural Affairs Agency
In office 1 April 1985 – 1 September 1986
Preceded by	Isao Suzuki
Succeeded by	Hitoshi Ōsaki
Personal details
Born	(1926-01-12)12 January 1926 Tokyo City, Tokyo Prefecture
Died	3 February 2017(2017-02-03) (aged 91) Tokyo
Nationality	Japanese
Spouse(s)	Ayako Sono ​ (m. 1953⁠–⁠2017)​
Alma mater	University of Tokyo

He attended the University of Tokyo, and upon graduation joined the staff of the literary magazine Shin-Shicho (新思潮: "New Thought") in 1950. The next year, Miura published his first book.[1] He then married fellow Third Generation writer Ayako Sono in 1953, with whom he wrote many books about Catholicism and religion. Miura began teaching at Nihon University in 1967, the same year he was awarded the Shinchosha Prize. From 1985 to 1986, he was commissioner of the Cultural Affairs Agency. In 1999, the Japanese government designated Miura a Person of Cultural Merit.[2] In 2004, Miura was appointed to lead the Japan Art Academy. He stepped down in 2014, and died at a hospital in Tokyo due to pneumonia on 3 February 2017, aged 91.[3]