Keiko Ai

Keiko Ai ( Japanese 阿 井 景 子 , Ai Keiko ; real name: Ura Junko ( 浦 順子 ); born January 16, 1932 in Nagasaki Prefecture ) is a Japanese writer .

Life

After graduating from the Pedagogical Faculty of Saga University , she worked for a short time as a teacher in a high school. She immediately gave up this work and moved to Tokyo , where she wrote orally communicated notes to Kitaōji Rozanjin . She worked as an editor and journalist for the weekly magazine Josei Jisei ( 女性 自身 ), which is published by the Kobunsha publishing house . In 1971 she published for the first time under her real name. Five years later she made her debut as a writer with Ryūma no tsuma ( 龍馬 の 妻 ). The subject of her writing were women in the environment of historical personalities, such as the samurai Sakamoto Ryōma .

From 1991 on she wrote many contributions for the dorama series Taiga Drama ( 大河 ド ラ マ ) of the NHK .

Works (selection)

• 1971 Okusama benri shojiten: katei yōhin no hozon to teire ( 奥 さ ま べ ん り 小事 典 家庭 用品 の 保存 と 手 入 れ , small encyclopedia for housewives - maintenance and care of household goods )
• 1976 Ryūma no tsuma ( 龍馬 の 妻 )
• 1985 Ryūma no mō hitori no tsuma ( 竜 馬 の も う 一 人 の 妻 )
• 1990 Meiji o irodotta tsumatachi ( 明治 を 彩 っ た 妻 た ち )