Yoshiko Shibaki
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Born | Tokyo, Japan | 7 May 1914
Died | 25 August 1991 | (aged 77)
Nationality | Japanese |
Occupation | Writer |
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Yoshiko Shibaki (
Biography
[edit]Early life
[edit]Shibaki was born in Tokyo on 7 May 1914 into a merchant family.[1] From an early age on, she was trained in traditional Japanese arts like the tea ceremony, writing tanka and painting, and was taken to see kabuki plays.[2] She graduated from Tokyo Prefectural Daiichi High School in 1932 and started studying English at Surugadai YWCA Women's Academy.[1][3] After her father's death, she aborted her studies and started working at the Mitsubishi Center for Economic Studies to support her family.[1][4] In 1941, she married economist Kiyoshi Oshima.[1][3]
Career
[edit]Shibaki started contributing to literary magazines such as Reijokai and Wakakusa in 1935 after her mother's death.[1] She was awarded the Akutagawa Prize in 1941 for her short story "Seika no ichi" (
She became a member of the Japan Art Academy in 1980, and received their Award for the Literary Arts in 1981.[1] Her novel Sumidagawa boshoku (
Shibaki died of breast cancer on 25 August 1991.[3]
Bibliography (selected)
[edit]- Seika no ichi (
青果 の市 ), 1941 - Susaki paradaisu- Susaki Paradise (
洲崎 パラダイス), 1954 - Yuba (
湯葉 ), 1960 - Yoru no tsuru- The Night Crane (
夜 の鶴 ), 1964 - Katsushika no onna (
葛飾 の女 ), 1965 - Asu o shirazu (
明日 を知 らず), 1968 - Kazahana (
風花 ), 1970 - Kiiroi Kotei (
黄色 い皇帝 ), 1976 - Onna no shozo (
女 の肖像 ), 1979 - Sumidagawa boshoku (
隅田川 暮色 ), 1984 - Susaki no onna (
洲崎 の女 ), 1994
Film adaptations (selected)
[edit]- 1956: Suzaki Paradise: Red Light (dir. Yūzō Kawashima), based on Susaki paradaisu
- 1956: Street of Shame (dir. Kenji Mizoguchi), based on Yakoo no onna
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Schierbeck, Sachiko Shibata; Edelstein, Marlene R. (1994). Japanese women novelists in the 20th century : 104 biographies, 1900–1993. Copenhagen: Museum Tusculanum Press. ISBN 87-7289-268-4. OCLC 32348453.
- ^ a b c Mulhern, Chieko Irie (1994). Japanese women writers : a bio-critical sourcebook. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. ISBN 0-313-25486-9. OCLC 29848281.
- ^ a b c d e f g "
芝 木 好子 (Shibaki Yoshiko)". Kotobank (in Japanese). Retrieved 28 July 2022. - ^ Bretschneider, Marianne; Haase, Heinz, eds. (1989). Erkundungen. 19 japanische Erzähler. Berlin: Volk und Welt.
- ^ Fairbanks, Carol (2002). Japanese Women Fiction Writers. Their Culture and Society, 1890s to 1990s : English Language Source. The University of Virginia. ISBN 9780810840867.