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Fumiko Enchi

Born

in Tokyo, Japan

October 02, 1905

Died

November 12, 1986

Genre

Literature & Fiction, Plays

Influences

Junichiro Tanizaki, Wilde, Poe, Kyoka Izumi, Kafu Nagai, Ryunosuke Aku ...more

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See author 円地文子.

Fumiko Enchi was the pen name of the late Japanese Shōwa period playwright and novelist Fumiko Ueda.

The daughter of a linguist, Fumiko learned a lot about French, English, Japanese and Chinese literature through private tutorage.

Fumiko suffered from poor health as a child and spent most of her time at home. She was introduced to literature by her grandmother, who showed her to the likes of The Tale of Genji, as well as to Edo period gesaku novels and to the kabuki and bunraku theater. By 13 years old her reading list had grown to include works of the lights of Oscar Wilde, Edgar Allan Poe, Kyōka Izumi, Nagai Kafū, Ryūnosuke Akutagawa. She discovered a special interest in the sadomasochistic aestheticism style of Jun'ichirō T ...more

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Average rating: 3.88 · 9,921 ratings · 1,200 reviews · 56 distinct works • Similar authors

	Masks 3.68 avg rating — 3,957 ratings — published 1958 — 37 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Waiting Years by Fumiko Enchi, John Bester (Translator) 3.96 avg rating — 3,273 ratings — published 1957 — 42 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Tale of False Fortunes by Fumiko Enchi, Roger K. Thomas (Translator) 3.93 avg rating — 193 ratings — published 1965 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Saimu. I colori della nebbia by Fumiko Enchi, Maria Teresa Orsi (Translator) 3.81 avg rating — 21 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Boxcar of Chrysanthemums 4.13 avg rating — 8 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	なまみこ物語 ; 源氏物語私見 [Namamiko Monogatari; Genji Monogatari Shiken] 4.71 avg rating — 7 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Chroniques glorieuses by Fumiko Enchi, Catherine Ancelot (Translator) 3.71 avg rating — 7 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	源氏物語 [Genji Monogatari] 4.80 avg rating — 5 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Love in Two Lives: The Remnant 3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	食卓のない家 by Fumiko Enchi, 円地文子 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1986 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by Fumiko Enchi (?)

“A woman's love is quick to turn into a passion for revenge--an obsession that becomes an endless river of blood, flowing on from generation to generation.”
― Fumiko Enchi, Masks

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“Happiness--a small-scale, endearing, harmonious happiness--surely dwelt here beneath the low-powered lamps in the tiny rooms of these houses. A small-scale happiness and a modest harmony: let a man cry out, let him rage, let him howl with grief with all the power of which he was capable, what more than these could he ever hope to gain in this life?”
― Fumiko Enchi, The Waiting Years

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“The secrets inside her mind are like flowers in a garden at nighttime, filling the darkness with perfume.”
― Fumiko Enchi, Masks

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The Waiting Years by Fumiko Enchi

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The Diving Pool: Three Novellas by Yōko Ogawa

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Women of the Silk by Gail Tsukiyama

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The Coffin Tree by Wendy Law-Yone

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The Tale of Genji by Murasaki Shikibu

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Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto

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