Yamashiro Tomoe
Yamashiro Tomoe ( Japanese 山 代 巴 ; born June 8, 1912 as Tokumo Tomoe ( 徳 毛 巴 ); † November 7, 2004 ) was a Japanese writer.
Yamashiro Tomoe attended the girls' art school in Tokyo (today: Joshibi Art College ), but she dropped out. She was married to the communist activist Yamashiro Yoshimune , who died in custody in 1945. Her novels focused on the fate of poor rural women. Her main works include Fuki no tō ( 蕗 の と う ; 1948), Niguruma no uta ( 荷 車 の 歌 ; 1955) and the ten-volume novel Toraware no onnatachi ( 囚 わ れ の 女 た ち ; 1980).
source
- Louis Frédéric : Japan Encyclopedia . Harvard University Press, 2002, ISBN 0-674-00770-0 , pp. 1045 (English, limited preview in the Google book search - French: Japon, dictionnaire et civilization . Translated by Käthe Roth).
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| SURNAME | Yamashiro, Tomoe |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 山 代 巴 (Japanese); Tokumo Tomoe (maiden name); 徳 毛 巴 (Japanese, maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 8, 1912 |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 7, 2004 |