Akimoto Matsuyo (秋元松代, 2 January 1911 – 24 April 2001) was a leading playwright of postwar Japan, most respected as a realist Japanese playwright.[1] Akimoto was known for her shingeki plays, but also wrote some classical bunraku (puppet) and kabuki dramas, and she later became a scriptwriter for both radio and television shows.[2] Along with Akimoto's childhood, World War II played a significant role in her career. As a realist playwright, she used her work to make political statements in order to warn the greater Japanese community that the government was trying to continue their pre-war imperial system of capitalism, militarism, and patriarchy.[2]
- ^ Goodman, David G. "Japanese Drama and Culture in the 1960s The Return of the Gods". United States: An East Gate Book, 1998.Print.
- ^ a b Goodman, David G. "The Quest for Salvation in Japan’s Modern History: Four Plays by Akimoto Matsuyo." Modern Japanese Theatre and Performance. Eds. David Jortner, Keiko McDonald, and Kevin J. Wetmore Jr. United States: Lexington Books, 2006. Web.