Taeko Tomioka

Taeko Tomioka

1935-07-28
87 (2023-04-06)
Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan

Poet, novelist, and literary critic.

Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan

Poet, novelist, and literary critic.

Most Known for...

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Double Suicide 1969 (7.056)

Successful and married with children, paper-mill owner Jihei knows better than to contradict the strict social and moral codes of 18th-century Japan. But when he meets the lovely courtesan Koharu, he becomes a man obsessed. Koharu returns his love, even foregoing other customers while Jihei schemes to somehow buy her freedom. His efforts yield ruinous consequences for his business and his family life, and Koharu is meanwhile purchased by another client.
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Under the Blossoming Cherry Trees 1975 (7.139)

A mountain man beheads his many wives to prove his love to an alluring woman he meets in an enchanted forest.
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Himiko 1974 (7.038)

The myth of the Sun Goddess who founded Japanese society is seen through the lens of a modern view of history.