Hiroshi Aramata

| birth_place = Tokyo, Japan | death_date = | death_place = | resting_place = | occupation = Writer, polymath, translator, natural historian, scholar, literary critic, art critic, professor | language = | citizenship = | education = | alma_mater = Keio University | period = | genre = | subject = | movement = | notableworks = ''Teito Monogatari'' | awards = 1987 Nihon SF Taisho Award for ''Teito Monogatari''

1989 ''Suntory Prize'' (サントリー学芸賞) for ''Illustrated Natural History: Fish of the World''

1996 Eiji Yoshikawa Award for ''Curve of the Hook: An Interview with Yosihiko H. Sinoto''

2007 NISTEP (Navigator for Japan's Science and Technology) Award for 「サイエンスとアートの融合した展示の企画」 exhibition

2014 Kinema Junpo Reader's Choice Award }} is a Japanese author, polymath, critic, translator and specialist in natural history, iconography and cartography. His most popular novel was ''Teito Monogatari'' (''Tale of the Capitol''), which has sold over 5 million copies in Japan alone. Provided by Wikipedia