A woman's life
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A woman's life
19.99 €
Renowned Japanese writer and playwright Yamamoto Yuzo (1887–1974), author of numerous plays and several novels, was born in the city of Tochigi to a family of kimono makers. After graduating from high school, he enrolled in the German Literature Department at Tokyo Imperial University, where he studied with Akutagawa Ryunosuke. Later, along with Akutagawa and the writer Kikuchi Kan, he helped found the Japanese Writers' Association. During World War II, he openly criticized the Japanese government for its strict censorship. After the war, he served for several years as a member of the Japanese Diet, and in 1965, he was awarded the Imperial Order of Culture, one of Japan's highest honors.
Yamamoto's European-style home in Mitaka was expropriated by the Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers during the occupation period from 1945 to 1953. The mansion was then used for many years by non-profit organizations as an archive and research laboratory, until it was converted into the writer's Memorial Museum in 1996. There is also a museum dedicated to him in his hometown of Tochigi. In 1996, a memorial museum was opened in the writer's home.
One of his most famous novels, "A Woman's Life," tells the story of the injustice faced by a woman unafraid to challenge established stereotypes in Japanese society, and of a single mother who managed to endure an unequal battle against cowardice, cruelty, and lies.
Yamamoto's European-style home in Mitaka was expropriated by the Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers during the occupation period from 1945 to 1953. The mansion was then used for many years by non-profit organizations as an archive and research laboratory, until it was converted into the writer's Memorial Museum in 1996. There is also a museum dedicated to him in his hometown of Tochigi. In 1996, a memorial museum was opened in the writer's home.
One of his most famous novels, "A Woman's Life," tells the story of the injustice faced by a woman unafraid to challenge established stereotypes in Japanese society, and of a single mother who managed to endure an unequal battle against cowardice, cruelty, and lies.
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