· Jakucho Setouchi, a Japanese novelist and Buddhist nun known for depicting the lives and loves of modern women in award-winning novels such as "The End of Summer" and "Ask the Blossoms," has died of heart failure, her home temple said Thursday. She was The End Of Summer. Harumi Setouchi, Janine Beichman. Setouchi Harumi has lived a remarkable life, and is still active in her nineties. She goes by the name Jakucho ever since she became a Buddhist nun. It is a shame more people do not know about her outside of Japan. At least this novel, her breakout one, has been translated into English/5(42). Under her secular name, Setouchi Harumi, published novel The Core of a Flower (), which was considered pornographic at the time because of her sexual candor; wrote Tamura Toshiko (), which won the 1st Tamura Toshiko Prize, as well as The End of Summer () and Beauty in Disarray (); shaved her head, entered the Buddhist priesthood at Chusonji Temple (), and took the .
On July 4, , shortly before the end of the war, Ms. Setouchi's mother, who had been hiding in a bomb shelter in Tokushima, was killed during an air raid by American B bombers. Born Harumi Setouchi in in the city of Tokushima on the southwestern main island of Shikoku, she debuted in and has since published more than books. TOKYO (AP) — Jakucho Setouchi, a Buddhist nun and one of Japan's best-known authors known for novels depicting passionate women and her translation of "The Tale of Genji," a 1,year-old classic, into modern language, has died. She was Setouchi was already an established novelist before she shaved her head and became a nun at age She was mostly based at a small temple in Kyoto.
The End of Summer. Setouchi, Harumi;Beichman, Janine. Published by Kodansha Amer Inc, Cary, North Carolina, U.S.A., ISBN ISBN Under her secular name, Setouchi Harumi, published novel The Core of a Flower (), which was considered pornographic at the time because of her sexual candor; wrote Tamura Toshiko (), which won the 1st Tamura Toshiko Prize, as well as The End of Summer () and Beauty in Disarray (); shaved her head, entered the Buddhist priesthood at Chusonji Temple (), and took the name Setouchi Jakucho; became chief priestess of Tendaiji temple in Iwate Prefecture (); moved to Kyoto. Activist, novelist, essayist, inspiration to many, Setouchi Harumi has lived a remarkable life, and is still active in her nineties. She goes by the name Jakucho ever since she became a Buddhist nun. It is a shame more people do not know about her outside of Japan. At least this novel, her breakout one, has been translated into English.
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