# Ton Satomi
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{{Short description|Japanese novelist}}
{{Infobox writer
| name = Ton Satomi
| image = Satomi Ton.jpg
| caption = Ton Satomi in 1927
| birth_name = Hideo Yamanouchi
| native_name = 里見 弴
| birth_date = {{birth date|1888|7|14|df=y}}
| birth_place = [Yokohama](/source/Yokohama), Japan
| death_date = {{death date and age|1983|1|21|1888|7|14|df=y}}
| death_place = [Kamakura, Kanagawa](/source/Kamakura%2C_Kanagawa), Japan
|resting_place = Kamakura Reien Public Cemetery, Kamakura, Japan
| occupation = Writer
| genre = Novels, short stories
| movement = [Shirakaba](/source/Shirakaba)
| notableworks =
|awards = [Kikuchi Kan Award](/source/Kikuchi_Kan_Award) (1940)
[Yorimuri Prize](/source/Yorimuri_Prize) (1956, 1971)
Order of Culture (1959)
| module = {{Infobox Chinese | child = yes
| kanji = 里見 弴
| romaji = Satomi Ton
| hiragana = さとみ とん
}}
}}
{{Nihongo|'''Ton Satomi'''|里見 弴|Satomi Ton|extra=July 14, 1888 - January 21, 1983}} is the [pen-name](/source/pen-name) of [Japanese author](/source/Japanese_author) {{nihongo|'''Hideo Yamanouchi'''|山内英夫|Yamanouchi Hideo}}.[{{cite book | last = Mortimer | first = Maya | year = 2002 | title = Meeting the Sensei: The Role of the Master in Shirakaba | publisher = Brill | isbn = 9004116559 }} page 5] Satomi was known for the craftsmanship of his dialogue and command of the [Japanese language](/source/Japanese_language). His two elder brothers, [Ikuma Arishima](/source/Ikuma_Arishima) and [Takeo Arishima](/source/Takeo_Arishima), were also authors.
==Early life==
Satomi Ton was born in [Yokohama](/source/Yokohama) into the wealthy Arishima family, but was later legally adopted by his mother's family, thus inheriting their surname of Yamanouchi. He was educated at the [Gakushuin](/source/Gakushuin) Peers' School, where he became interested in literature, and briefly attended [Tokyo Imperial University](/source/Tokyo_Imperial_University), but left in 1910 without graduating.[{{cite book | last = Miller | first = Scott J | year = 2009 | title = The A to Z of Modern Japanese Literature and Theater| publisher = Rowman and Littlefield | isbn = 978-0810876156}} page 107]
==Literary career==
Through his brother Ikuma Arishima, he became acquainted with other alumni authors from Gakushuin, including [Naoya Shiga](/source/Naoya_Shiga) and [Saneatsu Mushanokōji](/source/Saneatsu_Mushanok%C5%8Dji). They formed a group named after their [literary magazine](/source/literary_magazine) ''[Shirakaba](/source/Shirakaba_(magazine))'', which was first published in 1910. Satomi claimed that he decided on his pen-name by picking out names at random from a telephone directory.
In his early years, he was a frequent visitor to [Yoshiwara](/source/Yoshiwara) together with Naoya Shiga, but he later married a former [geisha](/source/geisha) from Osaka, Masa Yamanaka, and later novelized the story in the novels ''Kotoshidake'' (今年竹) and ''Tajō Busshin'' (多情仏心). Although he wrote some works in 1913 and 1914, Satomi’s literary debut was in 1915 in ''[Chūōkōron](/source/Ch%C5%AB%C5%8Dk%C5%8Dron)''.
Satomi became a disciple of [Kyōka Izumi](/source/Ky%C5%8Dka_Izumi) after his works came to the attention of the older novelist.