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Toyoko Yamasaki

Real name Sugimoto Toyoko (杉本 豊子); 3 November 1924 – 29 September 2013 was a Japanese novelist. A native of Osaka, Yamasaki worked as a journalist for the Mainichi Shimbun from 1945 to 1959 after graduating from Kyoto Women's University in Japanese literature. She published her first story, Noren (1957), a story of a kelp trader, based on the experiences of her family's business.

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Toyoko Yamasaki

Name
Toyoko Yamasaki
Birth Name
Toyoko Sugimoto
Born
3 November 1924
Birthplace
Osaka, Japan
Died
29 September 2013
Occupation
Journalist, Novelist
Education
Japanese literature
Spouse
Kamekuo Sugimoto (杉本亀久雄, 1961 - died 1992)
Awards
Naoki Prize (1958) Osaka Prefecture's Art Prize (1959) Fujin Koron Readers' Prize (1962 and 1968) Kikuchi Kan Prize (1991) Bungei Shunju Readers' Prize (1991) Mainichi Culture Prize (2009)
Nationality
Japan · Empire of Japan
Fields
novel
Known for
Shiroi Kyotō · Shizumanu Taiyō · Karei-naru Ichizoku · Nyokeikazoku · Fumō Chitai · Hana noren

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Real name Sugimoto Toyoko (杉本 豊子); 3 November 1924 – 29 September 2013 was a Japanese novelist. A native of Osaka, Yamasaki worked as a journalist for the Mainichi Shimbun from 1945 to 1959 after graduating from Kyoto Women's University in Japanese literature. She published her first story, Noren (1957), a story of a kelp trader, based on the experiences of her family's business.

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