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Fusako Tsunoda

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Tsunoda Fusako

別名: 角田フサ / 本名: 角田フサ / 旧姓: 中村
ペンネーム: Fusako Tsunoda（Used as author/pen name）

プロフィール

性別
女性
生誕
1914-12-05 （Tokyo Prefecture, Japan）
死没
2010-01-01 95歳
国籍
Japan
言語
Japanese
居住地歴
Tokyo (birthplace) → France (studied and lived)

経歴

職業
non-fiction writer, author
活動期間
1960年〜2010年
所属
Japan PEN Club (Honorary member)
所属団体
Japan PEN Club

学歴

Fukuoka Girls' School (now Fukuoka Jogakuin)
期間: 専攻科修了（年不詳）
国: Japan
Completed advanced course at Fukuoka Girls' School
Sorbonne University
期間: 留学（中退）
国: France
Studied in France but left without completing degree due to outbreak of World War II

受賞歴

Bungeishunju Reader's Award
1961
対象作品: Hilda in East Germany
主催: Bungeishunju
結果: 受賞
Fujin Koron Readers' Award
1964
対象作品: The Border Where the Wind Sings
主催: Fujin Koron
結果: 受賞
Jiro Nitta Literary Prize
1985
対象作品: Responsibility: General Imamura Hitoshi of Rabaul
主催: Jiro Nitta Literary Prize Committee
結果: 受賞
Shincho Gakugei (Shincho Academic) Prize
1988
対象作品: Assassination of Empress Myeongseong: The Last Queen of Joseon
主催: Shinchosha
結果: 受賞
Tokyo Metropolitan Cultural Award
1995
主催: Tokyo Metropolitan Government
結果: 受賞

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

Hilda in East Germany

1963年 Non-fiction

A reportage-style nonfiction work based on careful interviews and research about life and people in East Germany after the war.

postwar Europeindividual liveson-site reporting

The Border Where the Wind Sings

1965年 Non-fiction

A collection of reportage focusing on borders and cross-cultural encounters, exploring Japanese experiences abroad.

bordersoverseas experiencescultural contact

Eighty Thousand Without Tombstones: The Destruction of the Manchuria-Mongolia Colonists

1967年 Non-fiction (history)

A detailed investigation into the devastation of the Manchuria-Mongolia settler corps, revisiting wartime responsibility and victims' experiences.

war responsibilitysettler historyinvestigation of victims

Responsibility: General Imamura Hitoshi of Rabaul

1984年 Non-fiction (military history)

An investigative account examining the Rabaul campaign and General Imamura's actions and responsibilities, re-evaluating aspects of wartime history.

war historyaccountabilitymilitary biography

Assassination of Empress Myeongseong: The Last Queen of Joseon

1988年 Non-fiction (history)

A major nonfiction investigation into the assassination of Empress Myeongseong at the end of the Joseon dynasty, based on archival sources and extensive interviews.

Korean modern historypolitical assassinationdiplomacy and intrigue
翻訳
  • Braille edition (handmade by Midori Sato)

A Death to Atonement: Army Minister Anami Korechika

1980年 Non-fiction (biography)

A biographical investigation into Army Minister Anami Korechika, examining his choices and responsibility at the end of the war.

end-of-war historyaccountabilitymilitary biography

全著作

  • What I Saw and Thought: From Europe to My Child
  • Wandering Patriotism
  • Hilda in East Germany
  • The Distant Path of Love
  • Star of David: 40,000 Kilometers of Passport
  • The Border Where the Wind Sings
  • Song of the Amazon: Records of Japanese
  • Japanese in Brazil: Records of Blood and Sweat in a New Land
  • Eighty Thousand Without Tombstones: The Destruction of the Manchuria-Mongolia Colonists
  • Captain Amakasu
  • Responsibility: General Imamura Hitoshi of Rabaul
  • Assassination of Empress Myeongseong: The Last Queen of Joseon
  • Thoughts on Taste
  • The Island of Sorrow Sakhalin: Background of Postwar Responsibility

作家による翻訳

  • Le Temps du Soupir (Anne Philip) — translated by Fusako Tsunoda

作品の翻訳

  • Assassination of Empress Myeongseong (Braille edition, made by Midori Sato)

作風・主題

文体
reportage-style prose based on meticulous researchfact-verification-focused narration
頻出モチーフ
war and responsibilityindividual fate within historytrajectories of Japanese abroad

評価・遺産

Fusako Tsunoda is known for historical nonfiction grounded in meticulous reporting and source verification. She produced many works on war, diplomacy, and Japanese abroad, and received multiple literary awards.

関連学会

  • Japan PEN Club

資料所蔵先

  • National Diet Library (holdings)
  • Shinchosha author profile archive

豆知識

  • She studied at the Sorbonne but left and returned to Japan due to the outbreak of World War II.
  • Her husband was Akira Tsunoda, who served as a social news editor at Mainichi Shimbun.
  • She died on 2010-01-01 at age 95; her death was publicly announced in March of the same year.
  • She received several awards including the Jiro Nitta Literary Prize and the Shincho Gakugei Prize.