Masako Shirasu

Masako Shirasu (白洲正子, Shirasu Masako) (January 7, 1910 – December 26, 1998) was a Japanese author and collector of fine arts. Her husband was the diplomat Jirō Shirasu.

Biography

She was the daughter of a noble family which originally came from Satsuma.[1]

She was the first known woman to perform a Noh play. She became an avid collector of Japanese antiques and published a large number of books on the subject.[2] She was an expert especially on Japanese ceramics.[3]

Their house Buaisō later became a museum.[4] A special exhibition dedicated to her work and memory was organised by the Miho Museum and Nihon Keizai Shinbun in December 2000.[5]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2014/03/01/people/masako-shirasu-woman-of-the-world/#.VcEk1-tn9DI
  2. ↑ http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2014/03/01/people/masako-shirasu-woman-of-the-world/#.VcEk1-tn9DI
  3. ↑ http://www.e-yakimono.net/html/masako-shirasu-er.html
  4. ↑ http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2014/03/01/people/masako-shirasu-woman-of-the-world/#.VcEk1-tn9DI
  5. ↑ http://www.miho.or.jp/english/collect/shirasu/shirasu.htm


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