Ton Satomi

Ton Satomi
Ton Satomi in 1927
Native name	里見 弴
Born	Hideo Yamanouchi (1888-07-14)14 July 1888 Yokohama, Japan
Died	21 January 1983(1983-01-21) (aged 94) Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan
Resting place	Kamakura Reien Public Cemetery, Kamakura, Japan
Occupation	Writer
Genre	Novels, short stories
Literary movement	Shirakaba
Notable awards	Kikuchi Kan Award (1940) Yorimuri Prize (1956, 1971) Order of Culture (1959)
Japanese name
Kanji	里見 弴
Hiragana	さとみ とん
Transcriptions Romanization Satomi Ton

Ton Satomi (里見 弴, Satomi Ton, July 14, 1888 - January 21, 1983) is the pen-name of Japanese author Hideo Yamanouchi (山内英夫, Yamanouchi Hideo).^[1] Satomi was known for the craftsmanship of his dialogue and command of the Japanese language. His two elder brothers, Ikuma Arishima and Takeo Arishima, were also authors.