Mari Mori

Mari Mori (1903–1987) was a Japanese novelist and essayist, daughter of writer Mori Ōgai. Her fiction and essays explored love, family life, and intimate relationships.

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Mori Ōgai: Mori Ōgai (1862–1922) was a Japanese novelist, translator, and physician who helped shape modern Japanese literature. Her father’s literary stature and household formed the family world behind her writing.
Koi no gimu: Koi no gimu is a novel by Mari Mori, published in 1955. This early novel is a direct entry into her treatment of love and obligation.
Akutagawa Prize: The Akutagawa Prize is a major Japanese literary award for new or emerging fiction writers. Her father’s literary reputation forms part of the canon against which her career was received.
Women writers in Japan: Women writers in Japan are authors whose work has developed across Japanese literary history and changing social conditions. Her career forms part of the history of women shaping modern Japanese prose.
Modern Japanese literature: Modern Japanese literature is writing produced in Japan amid the social and cultural transformations beginning in the nineteenth century. Her career belongs to a literary culture transformed by modernization and Western influence.
Amai mitsu no heya: Amai mitsu no heya is a novel by Mari Mori, published in 1959. The novel exemplifies her later fiction’s focus on desire and intimate life.
Mori Shizuko: Mori Shizuko was Mori Ōgai’s wife and the mother of Mari Mori. Her mother belongs to the family relationships that inform accounts of Mari’s upbringing.
Gender roles in Japan: Gender roles in Japan are social expectations and practices associated with gender in Japanese society. Her attention to love and family life intersects with changing expectations of women and intimacy.
Japanese literature: Japanese literature encompasses written works produced in Japanese or within Japan’s literary traditions. Her novels and essays belong to the broader tradition of Japanese writing.
Mori no naka no yoru: Mori no naka no yoru is a novel by Mari Mori, published in 1961. Its title signals the forest imagery associated with her literary world.