Michiko Yamamoto

Michiko Yamamoto
Native name
古屋道子
Born1936 (age 87–88)
Tokyo, Japan
Pen name山本道子
OccupationWriter
LanguageJapanese
NationalityJapanese
Genre
Notable works
  • "Mahō"
  • "Betei-san no niwa"
  • Mofuku no ko
Notable awards

Michiko Yamamoto (山本道子, Yamamoto Michiko, born 4 December 1936) is the professional name of Michiko Furuya (古屋道子, Furuya Michiko), a Japanese writer and poet. Yamamoto has won the Shincho Prize for New Writers, the Akutagawa Prize, and the Izumi Kyoka Prize for Literature.