Author Profile A Japanese novelist, born in Usuki City, Oita Prefecture. Since publishing "En" (縁) through the introduction of Natsume Soseki, she continued to depict civic morality with a style rooted in realism and intellectual realism, engaging in a career as a writer for over 80 years, from the Meiji era to the late Showa era. She was a member of the Japan Art Academy and received the Order of Culture. She went to Tokyo at the age of 14 and entered Meiji Girls' School. In 1906, she married Toyoichiro Nogami, a disciple of Natsume Soseki. Although she rarely met Soseki in person, she received guidance mainly through correspondence. In 1907, she made her debut as a writer by publishing "En" in "Hototogisu" (ホトトギス) with Soseki's recommendation. She took Soseki's words, "Do not grow old aimlessly, but grow old as a literary person," as her "lifelong talisman" and remained an active writer until her death at the age of 99. She also served as the honorary principal of Hosei University Girls' High School and left the saying, "Be a human being first, before being a woman." She was also friends with Yuriko Miyamoto (Nakajo) and Yoshiko Yuasa. "Machiko" (真知子) is said to be a work written with Yuriko's "Nobuko" in mind, and it holds a significant position in Japanese literature as a work depicting the lives of women in the 1920s. Awards 1948 - Member of the Japan Art Academy 1957 - 9th Yomiuri Literature Prize for "Meiro" (迷路) 1964 - 3rd Women's Literature Prize for "Hideyoshi to Rikyu" (秀吉と利休) 1965 - Person of Cultural Merit 1971 - Order of Culture 1981 - 51st Asahi Prize 1986 - Japan Literature Grand Prize for "Mori" (森) This is a copy of Nogami Yaeko's "Mukashi Gatari" (昔がたり) from the Meisaku Jisen Bungakukan Nihon Gendai Bungakukan series, published by Holp Shuppan in December 1972, with the original slipcase. The main body is cloth-bound, with cover design and illustrations by the Japanese painter and essayist Kazumasa Nakagawa, and the title lettering by the author. There is some sun-fading on the spine of the slipcase, but the main body has almost no sun-fading, stains, or writing, and no library stamps. It is a large-format book (15 x 22 cm) with 483 pages. Please consider purchasing with the understanding that this is a 52-year-old used book. ※ The following works by Yaeko Nogami are also for sale: Hideyoshi to Rikyu Mori Shincho Nihon Bungaku Album Hana (花) Meiro (3-volume set) Nogami Yaeko Nikki - Shinsai Zen-go (Nogami Yaeko Diary - Before and After the Earthquake) Yoseiken (妖精圏)