"Love's Memento" - Love's Memento

…He also won the Mainichi Publishing Culture Award for his semi-autobiographical work Cape Ashizuri (1949), and his collection of short stories Ehon (1951), which included Ehon and Kikuzaka (both 1950). His widely read collection of letters to his wife Chiyo, who died of stomach cancer, Aiko no tami (1957). From the Notes of Okinawa (1972) is considered a representative work of his later years. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "The Token of Love" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…さらに半自伝的作品《足摺岬（あしずりみさき）》(1949)，《絵本》《菊坂》(ともに1950)などを収めた短編集《絵本》(1951)によって毎日出版文化賞を受賞。胃癌で死んだ妻千代との書簡集《愛のかたみ》(1957)は広く読まれた。《沖縄の手記から》(1972)は後期の代表作とされる。…

※「《愛のかたみ》」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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