Ariyoshi Sawako

Ariyoshi Sawako

▪ Japanese author
born Jan. 21, 1931, Wakayama City, Japan
died Aug. 30, 1984, Tokyo

      Japanese novelist, short-story writer, and playwright who reached a popular audience with serialized novels of social realism that chronicled domestic life in Japan.

      Ariyoshi studied literature and theatre at the Tokyo Women's Christian College from 1949 to 1952. After graduation she joined the staff of a publishing company, contributed to literary journals, worked for a theatrical dance troupe, and began publishing short stories, as well as scripts for stage, television, and radio. Her early works deal mainly with the role of the artist in society. She traveled extensively, often to research her books.

      Ariyoshi's first major novel, Kinokawa (1964; The River Ki), chronicles three generations of aristocratic women in the 20th century. Hanaoka Seishū no tsuma (1967; The Doctor's Wife), perhaps her best-known work, concerns the brave wife and domineering mother of Hanaoka Seishū, a 19th-century surgeon who pioneered the surgical use of anesthesia. Ariyoshi's novels examine social issues; for example, Hishoku (1964; “Without Color”) deals with racism, Kōkutso no hito (1972; The Twilight Years) with ageism, and Fukugō osen (1975; “The Complex Contamination”) with pollution. Izumo no Okuni (1969; Kabuki Dancer) is a fictionalized account of the life of the inventor of Kabuki. Her short stories, including “Jiuta” (1956; “Ballad”), “Shiroi tobira” (1957; “‘The White Door”), and “Kiyu no shi” (1962; “The Death of Kiyu”), were published in Jiuta (1967). Notable among her other works are the historical novel Kazu no miyasama otome (1978; “Her Highness Princess Kazu”) and the travelogue Chūgoku repōto (1978; “China Report”).

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