is a Japanese fiction writer and literary critic.[1] Takenishi is best known for her semi-autobiographical short story "The Rite" (1963), which tells of her experience surviving the Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima.[2] In 2012 she was named a Person of Cultural Merit for her writing.
. Writing Ground Zero: Japanese Literature and the Atomic Bomb . John Whittier Treat . 77–79 . 1996 . . 978-0-226-81178-9 .