Background
Nakazato was born in Fujisawa city, Kanagawa prefecture and graduated from the Kanagawa Girls’ Higher School.
中里 恒子
Nakazato was born in Fujisawa city, Kanagawa prefecture and graduated from the Kanagawa Girls’ Higher School.
Her real name was Nakazato Tsune. Her early submissions to literary magazines caught the attention of Yokomitsu Riichi, who encouraged her to develop her literary skills. After World World War II, she came to be known for a number of works addressing the issue of international marriage, including Mariannu monogatari ("Maryann"s Story", 1946) and Kusari ("Chain", 1959), which were drawn from her own daughter"s marriage to an American.
Nakazato was a resident of Zushi, Kanagawa from 1932 until her death due to colon cancer in 1987.
Her grave is at the temple of Engaku-ji in Kamakura.