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Michiko Ikeda

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Ikeda Michiko

プロフィール

性別
女性
生誕
1914-04-10 (Kyoto Prefecture, Japan)
死没
2008-01-07 93歳
国籍
Japan
言語
Japanese

経歴

職業
Novelist, Writer
活動期間
1940年〜2008年

学歴

Nihon University
College of Art
国: Japan
After graduating she worked at the Japan Photograph Company while beginning to write fiction.

受賞歴

Akutagawa Prize
1940
対象作品: Shanghai
結果: 候補
Hirabayashi Taiko Literary Prize
1981
対象作品: Muenbutsu
結果: 受賞

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

Shu-fu-den (A Story of an 'Ugly Woman')

1950年 Fiction (mid-length novel)

A mid-length novel noted for its frank depiction of female sexuality, which drew attention in postwar Japan.

womensexualitysocial customs

Schoolgirl

1950年 Fiction

A story depicting the lives and inner world of young female students.

youthwomen

Muenbutsu

1979年 Fiction

A work that addresses loneliness, death, and social alienation.

lonelinessdeathsociety

To Live

1982年 Fiction

A novel about human life and conflicts. It was adapted for television by NHK.

lifeconflicthuman drama
映像化・舞台化
  • [Television] NHK 'Drama: Ningen Moyou' (Drama: Human Patterns) (1983)

Cain and His Companions

1983年 Fiction

An ensemble work incorporating biblical motifs.

biblical motifsensemble cast

At the Bottom of the Flow of Years

1988年 Fiction

A late-career work exploring the flow of life and memory.

timememorylife

全著作

  • Schoolgirl (Joseigakusei)
  • Adulterous Wife (Kantō Fujin)
  • Remnants of a Mother (Haha no Omokage)
  • The Married Woman's Crisis (Hitozuma no Kiki)
  • Dangerous Liaisons (Kiken na Kankei)
  • Chastity in Tokyo (Tōkyō no Teisō)
  • Blossoming Maidens (Hana Hiraku Otomedachi)
  • Pink Alley (Momoiro Yokocho)
  • A Woman's Debauchery (Onna no Hōtō)
  • Twilight Female Body (Tasogare no Nyotai)
  • Chastity of the Era (Jidai no Teisō)
  • Defiled Adolescence (Kegasareta Shishunki)
  • Woman in the Quagmire (Doronuma no Onna)
  • Old Maiden Club (Rōjō Club)
  • Wife's Room (Tsuma no Heya)
  • Hill of Hope (Kibō no Oka)
  • The Forgotten Woman (Wasurerareta Onna)
  • Pack of Panther Women (Jahyō no Mure)
  • Lamp of Affection (Jōtō)
  • Flowing Female Body (Nagareru Nyotai)
  • Sprout of Calamity (Saika no Me)
  • Women and Men (Onna to Otoko to)
  • The Black Hand (Kuroi Te)
  • Between Devil and Angel (Akuma to Tenshi no Aida)
  • The Stateless (Musekisha)
  • Women of Sanya (Sanya no Onnatachi)
  • Muenbutsu
  • To Live (Ikiru)
  • Cain and His Companions
  • Marital Relations (Fūfu no Kankei)
  • Ikeda Michiko's Tōkaidōchū Hizakurige (My Classics)
  • At the Bottom of the Flow of Years

翻案

  • NHK television adaptation of 'To Live' (Drama: Ningen Moyō)

作風・主題

文体
frank depiction of female sexualityphysical/realist depictions of social customsmid-length fiction narrative style
頻出モチーフ
female bodyurban social customslove and everyday lifeloneliness and aging

評価・遺産

In postwar Japanese literature she is known as a writer who frankly depicted female sexuality, often called a 'physical-style writer of social customs.' She was recognized as an Akutagawa Prize nominee and won the Hirabayashi Taiko Literary Prize; several works were adapted for screen.

大衆文化への影響

  • The novel 'To Live' was adapted for NHK's 'Drama: Ningen Moyō' series.

豆知識

  • Not to be confused with Michiko Ikeda (池田美千子).
  • Graduated from Nihon University College of Art.
  • Nominated for the Akutagawa Prize in 1940 for 'Shanghai'.
  • Won the Hirabayashi Taiko Literary Prize in 1981 for 'Muenbutsu'.
  • 'To Live' was adapted for television by NHK.