Chiyo Uno

was a Japanese author and kimono designer, known for her contributions to Japanese fashion, film, and literature.

Early years Uno was born in Iwakuni, Yamaguchi. In 1915, she was fired from her job as a teacher's assistant for having an affair with a colleague. In 1919, she married her cousin, a banker named Fujimara Tadashi. Her initial literary success came in 1921 when she was awarded a prize for her short story , or Painted Face. After receiving the award, Uno left Tadashi and moved to Tokyo. The novel details an artist and his various love affairs, and a suicide attempt with his mistress.

Uno later became a successful kimono designer, and, with her assistant designer Tomiyo Hanazawa, staged the first kimono fashion show in the United States in 1957. Mama no Hanashi (Mama-san's Story), 1976 Cherī ga Shinda (Cherry is Dead), 1976 I Will Go On Living, 1983 Ippen Harukaze ga Fuitekita (Suddenly a Spring Wind), 1987

Awards and honours 1957, Noma Literary Prize