Art Encouragement Prize for Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
1 appearances
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Edition 45 (1995) award
Tama Aoki
あおき たま
Aoki Tama
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1929-11-30 （Isarago, Shiba, Tokyo City (now Minato-ku, Tokyo)）
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
- Residence History
- Isarago, Shiba, Tokyo → Kyobashi, Tokyo → Sugano, Ichikawa, Chiba Prefecture → Koishikawa (Bunkyō-ku, Tokyo)
Career
- Occupations
- essayist, writer, editor/compilator
- Active Years
- 1994-
- Affiliations
- Iwanami Shoten (editorial committee member for the Koda Fumi Complete Works)
- Influenced By
- Fumi Koda, Rohan Koda
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tokyo Woman's Christian University | Japanese Language Faculty | Japanese Language Department | — | 1946- | Japan |
Tokyo Woman's Christian University
Japanese Language Faculty
/ Japanese Language Department
Period:
1946-
Country:
Japan
Entered in 1946. Graduation year not specified in available sources.
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Arts Encouragement Prize — Minister of Education Award | The House in Koishikawa | — | Agency for Cultural Affairs (Japan) | winner |
Arts Encouragement Prize — Minister of Education Award
1995
Work:
The House in Koishikawa
Organization:
Agency for Cultural Affairs (Japan)
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
The House in Koishikawa
1994 essayAn autobiographical essay recounting life after moving to Koishikawa's Kagyuan; a reflective memoir focused on family and memory.
familymemorynostalgia
Adaptations
- [television drama] The House in Koishikawa / 久世光彦 (1996)
Fumi Koda's Dresser Drawers
1995 essayAn essay collection drawing on memories and materials related to her mother, Fumi Koda.
mother and daughterfamily history
The House I Wanted to Return To
1997 essayAn essay collection reflecting on nostalgic places and homes.
nostalgiahome
Ordinary Stories
1997 essayA collection of essays that capture fragments of everyday life.
everyday lifeobservation
Bibliography
- The House in Koishikawa (Kōdansha, 1994)
- Fumi Koda's Dresser Drawers (Shinchōsha, 1995)
- The House I Wanted to Return To (Kōdansha, 1997)
- Ordinary Stories (Kōdansha, 1997)
- About My Grandfather and Mother: Conversations (Ozawa Shoten, 1997)
- Time on Hand (Kōdansha, 1999)
- Scattered Seeds (Shinchōsha, 2000)
- Uphill and Downhill (Kōdansha, 2001)
- A Bottomless Bag (Kōdansha, 2004)
- Kimono: Before and After (Shinchōsha, 2006)
Adaptations
- The House in Koishikawa — TV drama (TV Tokyo, 1996)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- calm, reflective essayistic styledepictions attentive to family life and the quotidian
- Recurring Motifs
- familymemorykimonoseasons
Health
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Intussusception (surgery in infancy)生後8か月頃Recorded as having been frequently ill in early childhood, including surgery for intussusception.
Legacy
As the only daughter of Fumi Koda she played a central role in compiling and editing her mother's posthumous materials and served on the editorial committee for the collected works. From the 1990s she published her own essays and is noted for reflective writings on family and memory.
Archives
- National Diet Library (holdings)
In Popular Culture
- TV adaptation of The House in Koishikawa (TV Tokyo, 1996)
Trivia
- Granddaughter of Rohan Koda and the only daughter of Fumi Koda.
- Her daughter, Nao Aoki, is also an essayist.
- Served as an editorial committee member for the collected works of Fumi Koda and helped compile her mother's unpublished manuscripts.