# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sawako-ariyoshi
# Generated: 2026-08-14T02:18:28.409Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sawako-ariyoshi"
name: "Sawako Ariyoshi"
slug: "sawako-ariyoshi"
description: "Sawako Ariyoshi was a Japanese writer, known for such works as The Doctor's Wife and The River Ki. She was known for her advocacy of social issues, such as the elderly in Japanese society, and environmental issues. Several of her novels describe the relationships between mothers and their daughters. She also had a fascination with traditional Japanese arts, such as kabuki and bunraku. She also described racial discrimination in the United States, something she experienced firsthand during her time at Sarah Lawrence, and the depopulation of remote Japanese islands during the 1970s economic boom."
tagline: "Japanese writer and novelist (1931–1984)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ariyoshi_Sawako.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1931-01-20"
deathDate: "1984-08-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.97
  momentum:             0
  historical:           15.80923733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1125157/"
    handle:    "nm1125157"
sources:
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    title: "有吉佐和子"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ساواكو اريوشي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ساواكو اريوشى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ариёси Савако"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Sawako Ariyoshi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Савако Арийоши"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Sawako Ariyoshi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sawako_Ariyoshi"
    title: "Sawako Ariyoshi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sawako_Ariyoshi"
    title: "Sawako Ariyoshi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sawako_Ariyoshi"
    title: "Sawako Ariyoshi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sawako_Ariyoshi"
    title: "Sawako Ariyoshi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sawako_Ariyoshi"
    title: "Sawako Ariyoshi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sawako_Ariyoshi"
    title: "Sawako Ariyoshi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sawako_Ariyoshi"
    title: "Sawako Ariyoshi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9C%89%E5%90%89%E4%BD%90%E5%92%8C%E5%AD%90"
    title: "有吉佐和子"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%A1%E1%83%90%E1%83%A3%E1%83%90%E1%83%99%E1%83%9D_%E1%83%90%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A8%E1%83%98"
    title: "საუაკო არიოში"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Sawako Ariyoshi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ариёси, Савако"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1338968"
    title: "Sawako Ariyoshi"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump