was a Japanese novelist and critic. Wada was born in Oshamambe, Hokkaidō, and graduated from Chuo University with a law degree. In addition to his novels in the naturalist tradition, he edited the diaries of Ichiyō Higuchi and Fumiko Hayashi. He received one of the 13th Japan Art Academy Prizes (1956) for , the 50th Naoki Prize (1963下) for , and the 26th Yomiuri Prize (1974) for . Selected works Higuchi Ichiyō, Chikuma Shobō, 1954 Hayashi Fumiko, Chikuma Shobō, 1961 Aijō no kiroku, Chikuma Shobō, 1969 Ichiyō tanjō, Gendai Shokan, 1969 References External links OpenLibrary entries Japanese writers 1906 births 1977 deaths Writers from Hokkaido Chuo University alumni Naoki Prize winners Yomiuri Prize winners