Tazawa Inabune

, born , was a Japanese writer.

Biography She was born in Tsuruoka, Yamagata. Her father, a military doctor, did not approve of her writing ambitions. Her mother was a businessperson, and she also had a younger sister.

She submitted works to literary journals and followed authors there. While living in Tsuruoka she had begun corresponding with Yamada Bimyō, and had adopted the pen name Inafune. She departed for Tokyo with the stated purpose to attend the Kyōritsu Women's Occupational School,

She met Bimyō as soon as she arrived, She enrolled in the school,

Inabune continued writing even when she was ill with tuberculosis. Inabune died at age 21, Many newspapers reported that she committed suicide, Komachi yu ("Komachi Bathhouse", 1896) - A short story Shinobine ("A Faint Tune", 1896) - A free verse Tsuki ni Utau Zange no Hitofushi ("Repentance Uttered to the Moon", 1896) - A free verse

The following were published after Inabune's death: "The Temple of Godai" (In Japanese: "Godai-dō", 1896) Translated by Melek Ortabasi into English and printed in The Modern Murasaki: Writing by Women of Meiji Japan. Start p. 160. "Yuiga-Dokuson" ("Self-Conceit", 1897) - This is her final work