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,

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, 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

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. One of her brothers was the businessman

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Career

Sugiura was a poet in Tokyo, in the ''

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'' style (short poems). She was involved in the

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school of poets associated with the magazine of that name. She published several collections of her work, and launched a monthly poetry magazine in 1933; one poet she promoted was

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. She also published at least two novels. She also collaborated with her artist husband on some projects.

Publications

* ''Sōsaku kanashiki utabito no mure'' (1927) * ''Asa no kokyū'' (1928)

Personal life

In 1904 Iwasaki married artist

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. 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, also shown in 2022 at the Shizuoka City Museum of Art.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sugiura, Suiko 1885 births 1960 deaths People from Saitama Prefecture Japanese poets Japanese women writers Joshibi University of Art and Design alumni