#sawako ariyoshi

[kendelias]

OC HALLOWEEN 2024 → horror archetypes

bungou stray dogs ocs as horror archetypes

[higherentity]

[tomoyoo]

Manga, books and authors mentioned in A Drunken Dream and Other Stories

I wrote the english names that were used in the book. Honestly the way I organized this gave me a headache but I hope it's useful <3 See more for the list of authors that were mentioned briefly.

Manga mentioned in the interview Mama’s Violin - Tetsuya Chiba Tomboy Angel - Mitsuteru Yokoyama Shinsengumi; Astro Boy - Osamu Tezuka Harp of the Stars; Hello, Teacher; The White Troika - Hideko Mizuno Mist, Roses and Stars - Shotaro Ishitani The Boy from Dartmoor - Nanae Sasaya In the Sunroom; The Song of the Wind and the Trees - Keiko Takemiya You Can Hear the Rain; Birth - Yumiko Oshima Norakuro - Suiho Tagawa The Rose of Versailles - Riyoko Ikeda

Mentioned in Rachel Thorn's essay Fuichin-san - Toshiko Ueda Tomorrow’s Joe - Tetsuya Chiba Eyes of Ice - Nanae Sasaya Aim for the Ace! - Sumika Yamamoto Toward the Terra; Fly Me to the Moon! - Keiko Takemiya Banana Bread Pudding; F-Shiki Ranmaru - Yumiko Oshima Two in a White Room; Arabesque; The Son of Heaven in the Land of the Rising Sun; Terpsichore - Ryoko Yamagishi Mari and Shingo; A Staff and Wings - Toshie Kihara

Books The Secret Garden - Frances Hodgson Burnett Anne of Green Gables - Lucy Maud Montgomery Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm - Kate Douglas Wiggin Little Women - Louisa May Alcott Shank’s Mare - Ikku Jippensha The Currents of Space - Isaac Asimov The Generative Enterprise Revisited - Noam Chomsky Phantoms in the Brain - V.S. Ramachandran

There's notes at the end giving more context for these authors but I don't have it in me rn.

Interview: Miyako Maki Masako Watanabe Kazuo Umezu Sanpei Shirato Mineko Yamada Ryoko Yamagishi Jun Morita Yasuko Sakata Akiko Hatsu Shio Satoh Aiko Itoh Machiko Satonaka

Essay: Yoshiko Nishitani Minori Kimura Mineko Yamada Akira Mochizuki Sato Tomoe

Book authors: Kenji Miyazawa Jean Stratton-Porter Robert Heinlein Ryotaro Shiba Sawako Ariyoshi Herman Hesse Ray Bradbury Jean Cocteau Kenichiro Mogi

[laplaces--angel]

Hey there! Can you tell us more about your ocs and fandoms? (finally getting into bsd bc of you, hell yeah☆ Here's some Tecchou for the soul.)

(Bro's fucking majestic)

TECCHOU MY HUSBAND :((((( I LOVE YOU AMI HE'S THE ONLY REASON IM ALIVE .. maybe once ur finished bsd we could rp it at one point .. heh

okayokay so first i'll talk about my fandoms.

so far i've been into sonic, rottmnt, bungo stray dogs (main hyperfix 1) and jujutsu kaisen (main hyperfix 2)

we'll talk about my bungo stray dogs oc first !! your local tecchou kisser!

ariyoshi sawako !!

also known as ,, the thermodynamic lawyer ,, and a member of the group of vigilante terrorist spies called the cotard's solution !

all of them r pretty powerful but we're here to talk about sawako !

her ability is the complex contamination -- the ability to pollute the laws of reality. polluting abilities, people, objects, liquids, and matter itself. additionally shapeshift and change her appearance besides the red markings on her eyes. can study an entire environment and the people in it by just the chemistry of the room.

anyways she's pretty sweet overall and has the vintage hollywood star personality

next would be the jujutsu kaisen oc !! she's not entirely finished though lmao

ryuko voznesensky !

your local blind special grade jujutsu sorcerer !!! not much on her yet but she's pretty chill overall, just a lil psychopathic but that's ookkkaaaaayyyy...

the rottmnt oc is kind of going through a few renos but

vendetta oshirisu's ref isn't changing anytime soon !!

[evenfallwriter]

MOODBOARDS MASTERLIST || BSD

A list of all the moodboards that I've made till now.

📖 BUNGOU STRAY DOGS

WRITTEN IN THE STARS VERSE || SOULBOND AU

dazai osamu moodboard (old template) nakahara chuuya moodboard (old template) akutagawa gin moodboard (old template) akutagawa siblings picrew

PEACH BLOSSOMS & RED CAMELLIAS || FEMSLASH SKK AU

all my agony fades away - chapter one moodboard all my agony fades away - chapter two moodboard Fem SKK moodboard

TO LAND A QUADRUPLE AXEL || FIGURE SKATERS AU

prologue moodboard

TO SET THINGS RIGHT || SKK ROLE REVERSAL/TIMETRAVEL AU

to burn for your love - chapter one moodboard to burn for your love - chapter two moodboard to burn for your love - chapter three moodboard

SOMETHING WORTH REMEMBERING || ODASAKU & DAZAI ROLE REVERSAL AU

dazai osamu moodboard (old template) sawako ariyoshi moodboard (old template) natsume souseki moodboard (old template)

ON A FIELD OF RED POPPIES || BOARDING SCHOOL/REBIRTH AU

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RUNAWAY BRIDE AU

part one - footprints on blood stained snow part two - painting white roses red

AFTER THE WAR

at least the war is over - chapter one moodboard at least the war is over - chapter two moodboard at least the war is over - chapter three moodboard at least the war is over - chapter four moodboard

[churami-nakahara]

My first ever BSD oc;

💥Sawako Ariyoshi, 18💥

I'm torn of what her personality would be since I like a 'emotionless' protag as most of my protags I write are 'hot headed' or 'sweet with hidden trauma'.

[covenawhite66]

Novel

MUSASHI BY EIJI YOSHIKAWA, TRANSLATED BY CHARLES S. TERRY

THE WAITING YEARS BY FUMIKO ENCHI, TRANSLATED BY JOHN BESTER

AN ARTIST OF THE FLOATING WORLD BY KAZUO ISHIGURO

THE SAMURAI’S GARDEN BY GAIL TSUKIYAMA

KABUKI DANCER BY SAWAKO ARIYOSHI, TRANSLATED BY JAMES R. BRANDON

CLOUD OF SPARROWS BY TAKASHI MATSUOKA

Manga

LONE WOLF AND CUB BY KAZUO KOIKE AND GOSEKI KOJIMA

IN THIS CORNER OF THE WORLD BY FUMIYO KŌNO

GOLDEN KAMUY BY SATORU NODA

ŌOKU BY FUMI YOSHINAGA

KAZE HIKARU BY TAEKO WATANABE

Japanese American

THE COLOR OF AIR BY GAIL TSUKIYAMA

WE ARE NOT FREE BY TRACI CHEE

CLARK AND DIVISION BY NAOMI HIRAHARA

[sskk-ao3feed]

Sunset Colors

read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/j3o4vpQ by celestia_and_luna Ariyoshi Sawako was born on October 28th, into a poor family in Nishinomiya, Japan. They lived in a VERY traditional part of the city. She had been the only one in her family to be born with an ability. She was abused and ostracized for having and ability. She had (Foreshadowing :p) an older sister and her younger brother was born when she was 5. The first chapter will be written in a diary-style. I hope you enjoy this!! Words: 160, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English Fandoms: 文豪ストレイドッグス | Bungou Stray Dogs Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence Categories: Multi Characters: Original Female Character(s), Dazai Osamu (Bungou Stray Dogs), Nakahara Chuuya (Bungou Stray Dogs), Nakajima Atsushi (Bungou Stray Dogs), Akutagawa Ryuunosuke (Bungou Stray Dogs), Oda Sakunosuke (Bungou Stray Dogs), Sakaguchi Ango (Bungou Stray Dogs), Kunikida Doppo (Bungou Stray Dogs) Relationships: Akutagawa Ryuunosuke/Nakajima Atsushi (Bungou Stray Dogs), Dazai Osamu/Nakahara Chuuya (Bungou Stray Dogs) Additional Tags: Past Child Abuse, Child Neglect, POV First Person, POV Original Character, Implied/Referenced Self-Harm, Implied/Referenced Sexual Assault, Trans Akutagawa Ryuunosuke (Bungou Stray Dogs), I'm Bad At Tagging, Implied/Referenced Drug Addiction, Relapsing, Past Drug Addiction read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/j3o4vpQ

[alrederedmixedmedia]

Alredered Remembers Japanese writer Sawako Ariyoshi, on her birthday.

“Hana: Tenéis muchos regalos pero no podéis ofrecer nada a cambio”

― Sawako Ariyoshi, Les dames de Kimoto

[r8m8in]

JANVIER 23

Muriel Gardiner, Ces enfants voulaient-ils tuer ?

Martine Roffinella, Elle.

Tania Crasnianski, Enfants de nazis.

Kenzaburô Ôé, Une affaire personnelle.

Yukio Mishima, Dojoji et autres nouvelles.

Kenzaburô Ôé, Gibier d’élevage.

Sawako Ariyoshi, Les Dames de Kimoto.

Sylvie Caster, Dormir.

relectures :

Pierre Corneille, Le Cid.

Audre Lorde, La Licorne noire.

Marie Darrieussecq, Truismes.

[ladyniniane]

“Sawako Ariyoshi, née en 1931, est une des écrivaines japonaises phare du XXe siècle. Son succès, monumental dans le Japon d’après-guerre, fut à la hauteur des controverses qu’elle suscita, tant les thèmes abordés dans ses romans bousculaient les codes bien établis d’une société nippone conservatrice. Des sujets qui sont aujourd’hui résolument dans l’air du temps.”

(Parmi ses oeuvres traduites, je vous recommande “Le miroir des courtisanes”et  “The kabuki dancer” sur la vie d’Izumo no Okuni qui créa le théâtre kabuki, lequel est seulement disponible en anglais. )

[wordsandpeace2u-blog]

Sunday Post #51 - 1/30/2022

Sunday Post #51 – 1/30/2022

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[ochoislas]

Se encontraban en una posición completamente absurda. Sin haber reñido nunca, las dos mujeres ya casi no se hablaban. Sólo seis meses antes, si Otsugi hubiera visto a Kae coser, sin duda le habría preguntado qué andaba zurciendo. Y si Kae hubiera visto a su suegra montando el espejo, habría sacado el suyo para ayudarla a que se arreglara el pelo por detrás. Sin embargo ahora las dos guardaban un deliberado silencio. Y ambas se demoraban, porque ninguna quería ser la primera en marcharse.

Kae tiró de la hebra roja y la cortó lo más despaciosamente posible con los dientes, demostrando que no estaba apurada por terminar. Cuando acabó la labor la colocó desplegada sobre la mesa, mirando por el rabillo del ojo mientras lo hacía. Lo que vio no se lo esperaba y la desagradó. A la luz que entraba de lleno por la ventana pudo ver los ojos de Otsugi fruncidos por innumerables arruguitas. Conteniendo la respiración, Kae salió aprisa de la habitación y fue a la cocina.

Fuera había una atmósfera estival, apesgada de humedad. Los girasoles se habían echado a perder en aquel ambiente y, como nadie había atendido el huerto trasero en una temporada, los matojos crecían con vicio y el negro y fértil terreno estaba cubierto de yerbajos verdes. Era descorazonador y angustioso ver las matas prosperar mientras se perdían los cultivos. Las intempestivas lluvias de la primavera se habían encadenado con la estación lluviosa propiamente dicha, desprendiendo una sensación de inacabable murria. Los campesinos llevaban pintada en la cara la desesperanza de dos años consecutivos de malas cosechas. El arroz se había averiado porque los plantones anegados se pudrieron antes de poder agarrar.

Kae, intrigada por ver cómo estaría el huerto de plantas medicinales, caminó bajo el orvallo, anhelando un recio aguacero en consonancia con sus vehementes emociones. La desavenencia con su suegra la tenía preocupada y molesta hasta el punto de que ni siquiera prestaba atención a la peligrosa crecida del río Kino, que amagaba desbordarse, y que ya afectaba a los habitantes de la ribera. Vigilar el huerto de las hierbas le parecía una ocupación propia de la mujer de un médico. Además le aliviaba comprobar que verdaderamente tenía un cometido y una posición en aquella familia donde se veía constantemente sometida a sus padres políticos.

El agua convenía a las hierbas, que al fin y al cabo eran plantas bravías, y rebrotaban con mayor abundancia aún que la maleza. Kae vio atónita flores abiertas y tallos apretados de hojas apuntando en todas direcciones. Los dondiegos coreanos o daturas, de un blanco casi traslúcido, flotaban en un verdegal. ¡Qué feraces eran aquellas berenjenas locas! Venenosas, vivaces, multiplicándose a toda velocidad de las semillas que caían por doquier... de todas las plantas del huerto aquellos vástagos morados eran los más resistentes. Sus flores blancas, tan gráciles y bonitas de lejos, vistas de cerca revelaban unos bordes recios y afilados. Kae las aborrecía porque siempre le recordaban la primera vez que vio a su suegra, y aquellas memorias ahora la enfurecían. No se explicaba cómo se había dejado engatusar por las gachonerías de Otsugi, aquella mujer a la que delataban sus feas arrugas. Pensó que la obsesión que tenía por su apariencia y sus intentos de disfrazar sus arrugas eran señales de una pavorosa contumacia, amén de impudicia e indignidad. Ya no podía soportar ver a aquella mujer cincuentona mirarse a cada momento en el espejo. Kae sentía como si comprometiera su propia feminidad. Pero lo más irritante de la conducta de Otsugi era su frescura, sin el más mínimo asomo de disimulo o provocación, de manera que Kae no tenía motivo para reaccionar, lo que la fastidiaba todavía más.

Kae alargo las manos y arrancó las flores frías y mojadas. Las fue tronchando una tras otra como a porfía, demasiado enojada para quedarse mirando su rapacería y belleza sin hacer nada.

—¿Sabes cómo se llaman esas flores? —dijo una voz sobre su cabeza. Kae estaba tan embebida que no había oído acercarse a nadie. Atenazando las flores, la muchacha asustada se arrigió, alzó los ojos para mirar a su marido y trató de concentrarse en su pregunta.

—¿Daturas?

—¡Ah! ¿Entonces lo sabes?

A Kae, que las llamaba berenjenas locas de niña, no le apetecía recordar que fue su suegra quien le había explicado las propiedades medicinales de aquellas plantas. Pero mal de su grado tuvo que acordarse, así como reconocer que no tenía permiso para arrancarlas. Umpei percibió su turbación, se arrodilló junto a ella y comenzó también a recoger las daturas.

—No veo el momento de que granen en otoño.

Kae no tenía idea de a qué se refería y no sabía qué hacer con el mazo que tenía en la mano.

—Es una oportunidad excelente para experimentar. Ahora bien, hay que secarlas antes de se enmohezcan. ¿Dónde hay un rincón en sombra?

—¿Qué te parecen los travesaños de la cocina? Allí está bastante seco.

—Buena idea.

Umpei recogió otro manojo, Kae se hizo un enfaldo remetiéndose las amplias mangas en la faja y su marido dejó caer las flores en él sin decir nada. La lluvia ya no resultaba tan molesta. Kae estaba encantada de estar a solas con su marido, lejos de todos.

—Quiero que las limpies antes con un paño mojado.

—Eso haré.

—Y asegúrate de que lo tiras después.

—De acuerdo. ¿Es que son venenosas?

—No tanto como como el acónito. Pero hay que tener cuidado.

—Lo tendré.

—¿Ha vuelto ya Yonejirō?

—Creo que no.

—Avísame cuando llegue.

—De acuerdo.

Durante toda esta conversación a Kae le brincaba el corazón en el pecho. Era la primera vez que hablaban los dos durante el día en total intimidad. Estrechando firmemente las daturas en su enfaldo corrió a su cuarto. Allí se topó con su suegra que oreaba los quimonos, extendiéndolos pulcramente sobre el suelo esterado.

—¿Ocurre algo? —inquirió Otsugi suspicaz, escrutando a la muchacha empapada y a todas aquellas flores.

—Umpei me dijo que las pusiera a secar en los travesaños de la cocina —contestó Kae más circunspecta de lo habitual. Ver la patente perplejidad de su suegra le confería cierta superioridad.

Kae sacó uno de sus quimonos de algodón de la gaveta y lo rasgó sin pensárselo dos veces. ¿Qué suponía sacrificar un par de ellos para ayudar a su marido? Después de todo era a ella a quien le había encargado aquella tarea, y no a su madre.

Mientras Otsugi mascullaba algo que a Kae le sonó como: «Cuánto tarda este Yonejirō...», como dando a entender que de no haber estado ausente el ayudante a Kae nunca le hubieran encomendado aquello. Pero ella estaba demasiado contenta y siguió enjugando las daturas.

—Esas flores son venenosas. No pongas ese trapo con los demás. Que no se te olvide.

—Sí, madre, ya me dijo Umpei que lo tirara.

—Y luego lávate bien las manos. Sería muy peligroso que tocaras nada en la cocina si no.

—Sí, madre —dijo la muchacha alegremente a pesar del tono severo e imperativo de su suegra. Estaba demasiado feliz como para que le importara. Otsugi enseguida terminó lo que estaba haciendo, la fulminó otra vez con la mirada, y salió.

Las flores ahusadas, ya lacias, yacían completamente inertes, como si su misma ánima hubiera sido estrujada. Mientras las secaba y las iba colocando una por una en una zaranda, sus pensamientos se retrajeron a aquella primera noche junto a su marido. Se sonrojó, y suspiró, aliviada de que su suegra ya no estuviera presente.

Ariyoshi Sawako

[grizzly36]

Le crépuscule de Shigezo de Sawako Ariyoshi

Le crépuscule de Shigezo de Sawako Ariyoshi

Les personnes âgées dérangent. Les uns les ignorent, d’autres les subissent. Grand père Shizego, et sa femme vivent près de son fils Nobutoshi et sa belle-fille Akiko. Un matin la grand-mère de retour du coiffeur s’éteint. On retrouve le grand père Shizego errant. Rapidement Akiko se rend compte que le grand-père manifeste des signes inquiétants de sénilité.

(more…)

[ninja-muse]

September is my birthday month! So naturally I had a proper book haul. I’m very excited to now own the pretty editions of Nettle & Bone and The Goblin Emperor, and also a new bookcase (not pictured). The downside of having a birthday month is that people want to do things with you to celebrate it, which cut into my reading time. Storygraph is now cheerfully reporting that I’m behind, and I think I’m behind enough on my pages goal that I’m not going to manage to catch up. I’m trying to be stoic about it because 50,000 pages in a year is, in fact, quite a lot. Probably too much for anyone sane.

It also doesn’t help that even though I hit a normal number of books read, a good number of them failed to totally engage me or otherwise proved slower than expected. I had a DNF this month as well, my second this year. Oh, and I’m also behind on my reading because I’ve started writing again, and I’m trying to milk the inspiration for all it’s got before I inevitably conclude I’m everything wrong with the publishing industry. Or the internet concludes that for me. Again.

I took two books off my TBR shelves this month, though one is kind of cheating because I got it for my birthday.

And as always, in order of how glad I am to have read them:

The River Ki - Sawako Ariyoshi with Mildred Tahara (Translator)    
 The lives of three generations of Japanese women during the first half of the 20th century.
 - Japanese cast, Japanese author, #ownvoices

The Diary of Dukesang Wong - Dukesang Wong with Wanda Joy Hoe (Translator)
 and David McIlwraith (Editor) The only known first-hand account by a Chinese railway worker.
 - Chinese author, Chinese-Canadian translator, #ownvoices, 🇨🇦
 - warning for descriptions of racism

Rogues - Patrick Radden Keefe 
Long-form true crime journalism.
 - warning: mass shooting, plane bombing

Half-Blood Blues - Esi Edugyan
 A jazz band in Nazi Europe. A guilty conscience. And the biggest unanswered questions: just who are Hieronymous Falk and Sid Griffiths? - 
largely Black cast, Jewish secondary character, Black author, #ownvoices, 🇨🇦
 - warning: Nazis

A Taste of Gold and Iron - Alexandra Rowland
 When Prince Kadou is publicly humiliated, he takes on an investigation into counterfeiters. Unfortunately, he has attacks of nerves and his new, by-the-book bodyguard isn’t helping them—until he is.
 - 🏳️‍🌈 protagonists, 🏳️‍🌈 secondary characters, protagonist with anxiety disorder, 🏳️‍🌈 author

Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow - Jerome K. Jerome Amusing essays on various topics, proving that nothing much has changed in 140 years. - warning: misogyny

What Moves the Dead - T. Kingfisher 
Lt. Easton arrives at a crumbling manor after news that kan friend is dying, but there’s more wrong on the estate than that. Starting with the mushrooms. - 🏳️‍🌈 protagonist
 - warning: body horror

A Mirror Mended - Alix E. Harrow 
Zinnia is burned out from saving Sleeping Beauties. Now the Wicked Queen has come calling.
 - 🏳️‍🌈 protagonist, 🏳️‍🌈 secondary characters, protagonist with chronic/terminal illness

Notorious Sorcerer - Davinia Evans 
Siyon is a street alchemist with ambition, but when he commits an obvious act of magic, he’s thrust into unwanted limelight. And of course, the city’s in turmoil. - 🏳️‍🌈 protagonist, 🏳️‍🌈 secondary character

The Book Haters' Book Club - Gretchen Anthony 
When Irma announces she’s selling her bookstore for pennies, her daughters and other interested parties band together to save it at any cost. 
- 🏳️‍🌈 ensemble characters

The Half Life of Valery K - Natasha Pulley
 Valery has been reassigned from the gulag to a top secret nuclear city. Something is seriously wrong with the local environment, but everyone insists that It Is Fine Actually. 
- 🏳️‍🌈 protagonist, 🏳️‍🌈 secondary character

Epically Earnest - Molly Horan
 Janie likes Gwen, who’s way out of her league. Algie likes Cecil, who Janie thinks is far too good for him. Janie has a chance to find her birth family. Prom approaches. A retelling of The Importance of Being Earnest.
 - 🏳️‍🌈 cast

DNF

The Oleander Sword - Tasha Suri
 Priya is trying to hold Ahiranya together nearly by herself. Malini is trying to hold an army together long enough to take down her despotic brother. Then a new threat looms.
 - 🏳️‍🌈 protagonists
, South Asian cast, Indian-American author, #ownvoices - warning: death by burning, misogyny

Currently reading:

Echoes - Ellen Datlow (editor) Ghost stories by modern SFF writers.

The Curse of the Marquis de Sade - Joel Warner The history of 120 Days of Sodom, and a French financial scandal. Out February 2023.

The Penguin Complete Sherlock Holmes - Arthur Conan Doyle Victorian detective stories - major disabled character
 - warning: colonialism, racism


Stats


Monthly total: 12
 Yearly total: 116 + 1
 Queer books: 6.5
 Authors of colour: 3 
Books by women: 8 
Canadian authors: 2
 Off the TBR shelves: 2 
DNFs: 1

January February March April May June July August

[natsthinkitythinkthinkthonk]

Other authors that can join BSD

Come on, with the amount of side characters in BSD, I think we can throw more in. You already know what I said about Raichou Hiratsuka (with accessibility, she can easily be added as Yosano’s former colleague or something). 

Here are some other authors, and while I won’t go as extensive as I did for Hiratsuka, I might include some reasons why. All of this is from Wikipedia because I’m a scrub.

Takiji Kobayashi - He writes proletarian literature meaning he wants to support the working class. He wrote a short novel called “Kanikosen” (Crab Cannery Ship) which tells a story about workers who revolt against the company and managers. The author died due to violent torture at age 29 by the Tokko Police.

Takuboku Ishikawa - He was a poet who was known for his tanka and modern-style poetry. He supports socialistic values and naturalism and was acquaintances with Yosano. His major works were two volumes of tanka poems “A Handful of Sand” and “Sad Toys” plus his diaries. 

Naoya Shiga - He was a novelist and short story writer. Okay, I know he married his cousin, but we can leave that part out. His works were praised by Akutagawa but other contemporaries including Dazai were critical of him. We already have some connections.

Takeo Arishima - BSD has a habit of making male authors female (Kyouka and Kouyou). Takeo is another good option since one of his most notable works is called “Aru Onna” (A Certain Woman) which is about a strong-willed woman struggling in a male-dominated society. Yes, he and his lover Akiko Hatano both worked in literature and committed suicide together. He was critical of Christianity and supported socialism and humanism.

Yone Noguchi - Also known as Yonejirou Noguchi, he was a writer of poetry, fiction, essays, and criticism. He was fluent in both English and Japanese. he did live in western society for years and had various romantic encounters. Personally, I think this is an opportunity to use him as a character that’s a spy between the Guild and the Port Mafia or Armed Detectives Agency. 

Ayako Sono (and Shusaku Endo) - Both are Japanese Roman Catholics, but I find Sono far more interesting of the two (because there was more information on her). She was a hardcore conservative and can face off against Yosano since she believed that women had no right to work after giving birth or getting pregnant. She was racist and believed that South African people should live in a segregated zone. She had a best-seller that depicted domestic violence, but a lot of her works depicted normal life. She’d make a good antagonist.

Sawako Ariyoshi - She is far more modern than the rest, but she wrote about the racism within America (especially since she lived before and after WWII). She described relationships between mothers and daughters. I think she would offer a unique perspective, but I highly doubt them adding her since Japan seems to shy away from that dark side of their history (but what country doesn’t?)

Toyoko Yamasaki - I think she might be a little bit too modern to be considered though.

Kono Abe - This has a similar issue to the previous entry, but he has a connection to the universe already. He admired Dostoyevsky, Kafka, and Poe. He’s known for his surrealism and absurd fiction. That means it leaves a lot open for ability.

Ryotaro Shiba - He was known for his historical and detective fiction.

Juza Unno - He is credited for being one of the founding fathers of Japanese science fiction. A lot of his works were influenced by the defeat of WWII which he took as a hard blow. His scientific work was influenced by Tesla.

Chiyo Uno - Another woman ahead of her time, she was a writer and a kimono designer. She was a short story writer, serial writer, and magazine editor who was heavily influenced by American and European culture (like many in the 1920s). She wanted to be more than a wife and mother and became part of the “Bohemian world of Tokyo”. 

Masuji Ibuse - His history is interesting since he was a propaganda writer, but he was also a respected writer at the time. He was heavily impacted by the war and wrote a novel called Black Rain which was based on the historical records of the devastations caused by the atomic bombing in Hiroshima. Again, they will probably shy away from WWII, but I thought Black Rain sounded like a cool name, and I don’t really like the idea of shying away from that part of history.

Jun Ishikawa - In real life, he had interests in many people of the BSD universe including the dark era trio (Oda, Dazai, and Ango), Mori, and Mishima who isn’t canon yet but is suspected to be joining eventually.

Fumiko Enchi - She was one of the most notable writers of the Showa period. 

Ayako Miura - She wrote a novel called Freezing Point which sounds like a cool ability. She respected Dazai and Natsume.

Miyamoto Yuriko - She had a different view of socialism and feminism. She was an anti-imperialist, wrote about working-class women, was imprisoned for her beliefs, and was even turned away by fellow feminists because her work was “too masculine”. 

Yasunari Kawabata - He was a naturalist who was the first Japanese author to win the Nobel Peace Prize in literature.

Murasaki Shikibu - She was a very early but a very prominent writer. She wrote the famous “The Tale of Genji”. She was instrumental in developing Japanese into a written language and is regarded as a classical writer.

W. W. Jacobs - One of these things is not like the other! I blame @awkward-akutagawa and their Twitter AU for making me want to make a character that can resurrect people and @awkward-oguri for providing the fuel for this (they have an OC with a similar ability). Known for his humorous writing, he was an English writer (which makes me question whether he’s elligible for the Guild. Maybe he just upped and left?) He wrote a story called “The Monkey’s Paw” which is basically another cautionary tale of “BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR BECAUSE KARMA’S A BITCH”. That would be the basis for the ability. The rest is up to @awkward-atsushi and the other wonderful OC makers.