Suiko Sugiura Explained

Suiko Sugiura
Native Name:杉浦翠子
Native Name Lang:ja
Other Names:Sugiura Midoriko, Sugiura Suiko
Birth Name:Midori Iwasaki
Birth Date:17 May 1885
Birth Place:near Kawagoe, Saitama Prefecture
Death Date:16 February 1960
Occupation:Poet, novelist, editor
Spouse(S):Hisui Sugiura
Relatives:Momosuke Fukuzawa (brother)

Suiko Sugiura (17 May 1885 – 16 February 1960) (or 杉浦翠子 in Japanese, すぎうら すいこ in kana), born Midori Iwasaki, was a Japanese poet.

Early life

Midori Iwasaki was born near Kawagoe, Saitama Prefecture,[1] the daughter of Kiichi Iwasaki and Sada. Both of her parents died when she was a young girl; she was raised by her grandmother, and then in her older sister's household in Tokyo. She attended Joshibi University of Art and Design. One of her brothers was the businessman Momosuke Fukuzawa.[2]

Career

Sugiura was a poet in Tokyo, in the tanka style (short poems). She was involved in the Araragi school of poets associated with the magazine of that name. She published several collections of her work,[3] and launched a monthly poetry magazine in 1933; one poet she promoted was Shinoe Shōda.[4] She also published at least two novels. She also collaborated with her artist husband on some projects.[5]

Publications

Personal life

In 1904 Iwasaki married artist Hisui Sugiura. She died in 1960, at the age of 74. Photographs, portraits, letters, and other materials related to Sugiura were included in "Sugiura Hisui: Epoch-making Modern Design", a 2021 exhibit about her husband at the Tobacco and Salt Museum in Tokyo,[6] also shown in 2022 at the Shizuoka City Museum of Art.[7]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Huber, Kristina R. . Women in Japanese society : an annotated bibliography of selected English language materials . 1992 . Westport, Conn. . Greenwood Press . 978-0-313-25296-9 . 278–279.
  2. Book: Kurita, Shunjiro . Who's who in Japan . 1911 . Who's Who in Japan Office . 672 . en.
  3. Book: Masterpieces of Japanese poetry, ancient and modern . 1970 . Westport, Conn. . Greenwood Press . 978-0-8371-2944-0 . 778.
  4. Book: Treat, John Whittier . Writing Ground Zero: Japanese Literature and the Atomic Bomb . 1995 . University of Chicago Press . 978-0-226-81178-9 . 189–190 . en.
  5. Book: Sugiura . Hisui . Sugiura Hisui no dezain = Hisui Sugiura : a pioneer of Japanese graphic design. . 杉浦非水 . 2014 . 978-4-7562-4389-8 . Shohan . Tōkyō-to Toshima-ku . 886272785.
  6. Web site: Hisui Sugiura's Japanese Modernism . 2022-11-29 . Tokyo Art Beat . en.
  7. Web site: Hisui Sugiura, "Epoch-making Modern Design" (Shizuoka City Museum of Art) . 2022-11-29 . Tokyo Art Beat . en.