was a noted Japanese author.
Yagi was born in Muroran, Hokkaidà Â, and graduated from Waseda University in 1938 with a degree in French literature. In 1944 he became employed in the chemical industry in Manchuria. As a writer, he was a devotee of Fyodor Dostoyevsky and Takeo Arishima, and received the 1944 Akutagawa Prize for Ã¥ÂÂ廣禠Ryà «kanbu and the 1976 Yomiuri Prize for Kazamatsuri. Some of his materials are now exhibited in Muroran's Literature Museum.
His Dharma name was Keiunin Zuishin Gitoku Koji (æ¯é²é¢éÂÂå¿Â義徳屠士).