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Hiroko Takenishi (竹西 寛子, Takenishi Hiroko, born 11 April 1929, Hiroshima) is a Japanese fiction writer and literary critic. Takenishi is best known for her semi-autobiographical short story "The Rite" (1963), which tells of her experience surviving the Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima.
The short story “The Rite” is Takenishi’s first literary work. Speaking of what motivated her to write the story, Takenishi reveals that after her exposure to the atomic bomb in Hiroshima, she realized that her mind and body were disconnected and began to write to recover a peaceful life.
On August 6, 1945, the United States used a massive, atomic weapon against Hiroshima, Japan. This atomic bomb, the equivalent of 20,000 tons of TNT, flattened the city, killing tens of thousands of civilians.
"The Rite" by Hiroko Takenishi (31 pages) was first published in 1963. Takenishi was born in Hiroshima but was not there on the day of the atomic bomb explosion. She and a friend are their for the erection ceremony for a monument to Tamiki Hara. I have already posted on "Summer Flowers, his story in the collection.
Atomic bomb literature (原爆文学, Genbaku bungaku) is a literary genre in Japanese literature which comprises writings about the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. [1] Definition. The term "atomic bomb literature" came into wide use in the 1960s. [2] .
Japanese novelist and sociologist. Born 1929 in Hiroshima, Japan. Studied Japanese classical literature and published social criticism; works, which often focus on the suffering of atom bomb victims, include The Rite (1963), Two Ways Between the Ancient and the Contemporary Times (1964) and Barracks (1980); also wrote A Theory on the Tales of ...
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"The Rite" by Hiroko Takenishi. Takenishi is a survivor and intellectual who, in this story, wrote about the inner life of a young woman who pushes away her lover because of fears about how the radiation might have effected her ability to have children.
