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花埋み
日本最初の女医である、荻野吟子。テレビドラマ化、舞台化もされた渡辺作品の感動長編の一つ。
18歳で結婚した吟子は、夫からうつされた病気が原因で、子どもができない身体となってしまい、離縁されてしまいます。そして、その病気の治療に際し、異性に診察される恥ずかしさを感じた彼女は、同様な屈辱を感じる女性のためにも、医師になろうと志します。
まだ、女性が学問を究めることに対し、偏見や障害があった時代にそれらを乗り越え、道を切り拓いてきた一人の女性の波瀾にとんだ生涯を描いた感動の名作。
【著者プロフィール】
1933年北海道生まれ。札幌医科大学卒業後、母校の整形外科講師となり、医療と並行して小説を執筆。1970年『光と影』で第63回直木賞受賞し、本格的に作家活動を開始。1980年『遠き落日』『長崎ロシア遊女館』で第14回吉川英治文学賞を受賞。1997年に刊行された『失楽園』は大きな話題をよび、映画化、テレビドラマ化された。2003年には紫綬褒章受章。著書は『鈍感力』『ひとひらの雪』『化身』『化粧』『孤舟』『うたかた』『花埋み』など多数。
18歳で結婚した吟子は、夫からうつされた病気が原因で、子どもができない身体となってしまい、離縁されてしまいます。そして、その病気の治療に際し、異性に診察される恥ずかしさを感じた彼女は、同様な屈辱を感じる女性のためにも、医師になろうと志します。
まだ、女性が学問を究めることに対し、偏見や障害があった時代にそれらを乗り越え、道を切り拓いてきた一人の女性の波瀾にとんだ生涯を描いた感動の名作。
【著者プロフィール】
1933年北海道生まれ。札幌医科大学卒業後、母校の整形外科講師となり、医療と並行して小説を執筆。1970年『光と影』で第63回直木賞受賞し、本格的に作家活動を開始。1980年『遠き落日』『長崎ロシア遊女館』で第14回吉川英治文学賞を受賞。1997年に刊行された『失楽園』は大きな話題をよび、映画化、テレビドラマ化された。2003年には紫綬褒章受章。著書は『鈍感力』『ひとひらの雪』『化身』『化粧』『孤舟』『うたかた』『花埋み』など多数。
563 pages, Paperback
First published May 30, 1975
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September 13, 2016
Junichi Watanabe (1933-2014) was a medical doctor/surgeon before becoming a full-time writer. His work can be divided into two groups: commercial fiction (often with pretty racy details) and fiction that utilizes his medical knowledge.
This novel Hana-Uzumi (Buried Blossom), is a biography of Japan's first female doctor Ginko Ogino. Here are some facts about her: She was married at age 16, got gonorrhea from her husband, was divorced at age 19 because of the infertility caused by this STD. This motivated her to study medicine, but there was no higher-education for women in the late 19th century Japan. Somehow she managed the situation and got licensed in 1885. She later remarried. This marriage, however, was a mixed blessing for her (according to Watanabe). While the relationship was fine, it disrupted her ongoing education as a doctor -- medicine was improving fast, and she couldn't keep up with it. This is why Watanabe named this story as such.
I like authors with distinct background. They have so much to offer.
This novel Hana-Uzumi (Buried Blossom), is a biography of Japan's first female doctor Ginko Ogino. Here are some facts about her: She was married at age 16, got gonorrhea from her husband, was divorced at age 19 because of the infertility caused by this STD. This motivated her to study medicine, but there was no higher-education for women in the late 19th century Japan. Somehow she managed the situation and got licensed in 1885. She later remarried. This marriage, however, was a mixed blessing for her (according to Watanabe). While the relationship was fine, it disrupted her ongoing education as a doctor -- medicine was improving fast, and she couldn't keep up with it. This is why Watanabe named this story as such.
I like authors with distinct background. They have so much to offer.
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