This is a set of three books by Taeko Tomioka. All are first editions and have no writing in them. "Series: The Birth of a Story: Water Garden" From a bundle of letters imbued with the scent of youth in the 1960s, a German man named E appears like a phantom. In October 1990, Berlin after the fall of the Wall. Two people walk through the "present" landscape where the dreamlike backdrop has disappeared. The shape of love that time has left behind—. A long, newly written novel. "Rectangular Sense" She sighs at the Japanese culture of "woman-hating" that still hasn't faded, as seen in Yukio Mishima's "On the Dislike of Women," and sees a strong attitude towards death in Machiko Hasegawa's words, "Refusal of Hospitalization and Surgery." A collection of essays by a notable author who continues to maintain an aggressive sense while maturing. [Contents] The Culture of "Woman-Hating" Tribute to Hibari Misora Literary Reviews Literary Awards and Authority Reading Diary The Idea of Laziness Poets and Writers as "Specialties" Istanbul Daughter and Father Bad Women and the Evil of Women [and more] "Naniwa, Anyway, the Goodness of Reeds" "Returning" Osaka and "Going" Osaka, various "things" and "words" intersect, and a sharp, long-awaited collection of essays. [Contents] 1. Returning Osaka, Going Osaka (Osaka Travelogue; The Magic of Dance, etc.) 2. Various Osaka Dialects (Pidgin Osaka; Popular Songs—Osaka's Lies and Truths, etc.) 3. Around Reading (Mountains, Travel, and Theater; Reading Lectures, etc.) 4. Book Reviews ( "Pregnancy Novel" (by Minako Saito) "O'Keeffe/Stieglitz—Struggle and Reconciliation over Love" (by Benita Eisler, translated by Kuniko Nonaka), etc.) Taeko Tomioka 1935– Poet and novelist of the late Showa and Heisei eras. Born July 28, 1935. Wife of Kishio Suga. Received the H Award for her poetry collection "Return Gift" in 1958, and the Muro Saisei Award for "The Day After the Story" in 1961. She turned to novels, and received the Toshiko Tamura Award for "Plant Festival" in 1973, the Women's Literature Award for "Family in the Underworld" in 1974, the Kawabata Yasunari Literature Award for "Tachikire" in the short story collection "Contemporary Commoners' Biographies" in 1977, and the Noma Literary Award for "Journey to Hibernia Island" in 1997. Received the Japan Art Academy Award in 2004. Received the Ito Sei Literature Award in 2005 for "Saikaku's Emotions" and the Osaragi Jiro Award in 2006. Her talents are multifaceted, and she has also written numerous critiques and biographies, as well as plays and film scripts. Member of the Japan Art Academy since 2008. Born in Osaka. Graduated from Osaka Women's University.