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Yoko Yamazaki

やまざき ようこ

Yamazaki Yōko

プロフィール

性別
女性
生誕
1947-08-06 (Miyazu, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan)
国籍
Japan
言語
Japanese
居住地歴
Miyazu, Kyoto Prefecture (birthplace) → Yokohama (long-term base)

経歴

職業
Novelist, Copywriter, Children's writer, Scriptwriter, TV commentator
活動期間
1986年〜
ノミネート
16th Yoshikawa Eiji Literary Newcomer Prize (nominee, 1995, 'Netsugetsu')

学歴

Kanagawa Prefectural Shinjo High School
国: Japan

受賞歴

32nd Edogawa Rampo Prize
1986
対象作品: The Labyrinth of the Garden
結果: winner

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

The Labyrinth of the Garden

1986年 Mystery novel

A debut novel set around Yokohama that intertwines mysteries with the lives of women; winner of the Edogawa Rampo Prize.

YokohamaWomenMysteryLove and betrayal

Yokohama Ghost Hotel

1987年 Mystery

A collection-style work revolving around ghosts, hotels, and intertwining human relationships.

The uncannyHotelsLoneliness

Hotel Woman

1991年 Novel

A novel set in a hotel that portrays the work and lives of women who work there.

WorkWomen's independenceYokohama

Netsugetsu (Thermidor)

1994年 Novel

A work dealing with passion and inner conflict; it was a nominee for the Yoshikawa Eiji Newcomer Prize.

LoveConflictWomen

Yokohama Lantern Hall — The Rikshaw-O'rin Casebook

1992年 Historical mystery

A historical-tinged mystery set in Yokohama mixing Meiji-era atmosphere with episodic cases.

HistoryYokohamaCrime

全著作

  • The Labyrinth of the Garden
  • Yokohama Ghost Hotel
  • The Virgin's Fang
  • Journey to the Hong Kong Labyrinth
  • Jiyugaoka Downtown Stories
  • Sparkling into Darkness
  • Yokohama Secret Karuta
  • Dangerous You
  • The Witch on the Third Floor
  • Taboo
  • Oriental Topazes of Devil City Shanghai
  • Hotel Woman
  • Tropical Night
  • Overripe Apple
  • Red Hotel
  • The Pomegranate House
  • Yokohama B-Class Labyrinth
  • Muscat Elegy
  • Yokohama Port Opening Picture Scroll: Woman of the Red Cliff
  • The Woman Who Ate a Mermaid
  • Secrets of the Foreigners' Houses in Yokohama Port Town
  • Alternate Tale of O-Yoshi of Yokohama
  • Everyone Has Things They Couldn't Say
  • Women's Underground: The Light and Dark of Postwar Yokohama

作風・主題

文体
Lyrical and colorful descriptionsStrong evocation of Yokohama settingsDelicate portrayal of female psychology
頻出モチーフ
YokohamaThe seaHotelsWomenThe uncanny / mystery

評価・遺産

An author known for mystery and human-interest stories centered on women and set in Yokohama. She debuted with the Edogawa Rampo Prize and is noted for her Yokohama-focused works.

豆知識

  • Her husband is scriptwriter Iwao Yamazaki.
  • She has appeared as a commentator on TV Asahi's 'Super Morning'.
  • Her official site used the name 'Fuyumomomiya' (archived).