Katayama Hiroko (片山広子 born 10 February 1878 in Tokyo, died 19 March 1957 [1]) was a Japanese poet and translator. She did many translations of Irish writers under the pseudonym Matsumura Mineko. Her husband was a noted bureaucrat. [2] She reportedly took her pseudonym from a name she saw on a child's umbrella. She maintained a friendship with Ryūnosuke Akutagawa [3] and he reportedly said of her "Finally I have met a woman who can be called my equal in the arena of words." She also acted as a mentor to Muraoka Hanako who is known in Japan for translating Anne of Green Gables. [4]
References
- ^ VIAF
- ^ Ryunosuke Akutagawa (5 April 2007). Rashomon and Seventeen Other Stories. Penguin Books Limited. p. 340. ISBN 978-0-14-190287-6.
- ^ Aoife Assumpta Hart (1 June 2016). Ancestral Recall: The Celtic Revival and Japanese Modernism. MQUP. pp. 229–236. ISBN 978-0-7735-9867-6.
- ^ Nippon.com
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Katayama Hiroko (片山広子 born 10 February 1878 in Tokyo, died 19 March 1957 [1]) was a Japanese poet and translator. She did many translations of Irish writers under the pseudonym Matsumura Mineko. Her husband was a noted bureaucrat. [2] She reportedly took her pseudonym from a name she saw on a child's umbrella. She maintained a friendship with Ryūnosuke Akutagawa [3] and he reportedly said of her "Finally I have met a woman who can be called my equal in the arena of words." She also acted as a mentor to Muraoka Hanako who is known in Japan for translating Anne of Green Gables. [4]
References
- ^ VIAF
- ^ Ryunosuke Akutagawa (5 April 2007). Rashomon and Seventeen Other Stories. Penguin Books Limited. p. 340. ISBN 978-0-14-190287-6.
- ^ Aoife Assumpta Hart (1 June 2016). Ancestral Recall: The Celtic Revival and Japanese Modernism. MQUP. pp. 229–236. ISBN 978-0-7735-9867-6.
- ^ Nippon.com
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