ABSTRACT
Akimoto Matsuyo is the doyenne of Japanese playwrights. Bom in 1911, she began her playwriting career after World War Two with the encouragement of dramatist Miyoshi Jürö. Her work has received, among others, the Tamura Prize (1964), the Mainichi Prize (1969), and the Yomiuri Prize (1975). A three-volume collection of her plays was published in 1979.
