Fumiko Nakajo

Fumiko Nakajo

Fumiko Nakajo (中城ふみ子 "Nakajo Fumiko", real name 野江富美子 "Noe Fumiko", November 25, 1922 in Obihiro, Hokkaidō, Japan - August 3, 1954 in Sapporo) was a tanka poet. She died at the age of 32 after a turbulent life and a great struggle against breast cancer - all recorded in her poetry.

There are memorials to her at the Tokachi Gokoku Shrine, beside the Obihiro Shrine, and behind the Obihiro Centennial Memorial Hall.

Film

"Chibusa yo Eien Nare" (The Eternal Breasts), the story of Nakajo, was directed by Kinuyo Tanaka and starred Yumeji Tsukioka, Ryoji Hayama, and Yoko Sugi. It was made in black and white in 1955 by Nikkatsu.

Bibliography

Kawamura, Hatsue and Reichhold, Jane (2004). "Breasts of Snow Fumiko Nakajo: Her tanka and her life". The Japan Times, Tokyo ISBN 4-7890-1161-5

External links

*Bird, John (2004, 2 June) [http://www.ahapoetry.com/ahalynx/192bkrv.htm Book Review Breasts of Snow] "Lynx". Accessed 15 November 2007.
*Richie, Donald (2007, 16 May) [http://search.japantimes.co.jp/member/member.html?fb20040516dr.htm "Whispers as loud as shouts"] , "The Japan Times Online". Accessed 15 November 2007.


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