Background
Masako was born on January 7, 1910, in Tokyo Prefecture, Kantō region, Japan.
白洲正子
Masako was born on January 7, 1910, in Tokyo Prefecture, Kantō region, Japan.
Masako's husband was the diplomat Jirō Shirasu. She was the daughter of a noble family which originally came from Satsuma. 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. She was an expert especially on Japanese ceramics. Their house Buaisō later became a museum. A special exhibition dedicated to her work and memory was organised by the Miho Museum and Nihon Keizai Shinbun in December 2000.