Mitsu Yashima
| Mitsu Yashima | |
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 Mitsu Yashima in 1975 | |
| Native name | 八島 光 |
| Born | Tomoe Sasako |
| Died | December 7, 1988 |
| Occupation | Children's book author and artist |
| Spouse(s) | Taro Yashima |
| Children | Makoto Iwamatsu |
Mitsu Yashima (八島 光 Yashima Mitsu), whose real name was Tomoe Sasako (笹子 智江 Sasako Tomoe), was a Japanese children's book author.
World War II and later years
Mitsu was the daughter of a shipbuilding company executive. She attended college in Japan. In the '30s, she joined a Marxist study group, where she met her future husband, artist Taro Yashima. They went to America to study art in 1939. When World War II broke out, Mitsu joined the U.S war effort. She adopted the pseudonym Mitsu Yashima during the war. Mitsu died at the age of 80 on December 7, 1988.[1]
See also
Further Reading
- Mitsu Yashima, Tarō Yashima (Sep 5, 1961). Momo's Kitten. Viking.
External Links
- "Taro Yashima: Artist for Peace | History". History.librarypoint.org. Retrieved 2014-02-04.
References
- ↑ Judy Stone (2007-03-18). "An unlikely heroine of World War II". SFGate. Retrieved 2014-02-04.
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