The tragedy of Tomo Shirikawa is told in the novel The Waiting Years, while the widow Tagano is pursued by Mikame and Ibuki in the novel Masks.
This author's first work was the play A Noisy Night in Late Spring. The tragedy of Tomo Shirikawa is told in the novel The Waiting Years, while the widow Tagano is pursued by Mikame and Ibuki in the novel Masks. FTP, name this 20th century Japanese writer, who was female and used a pen name.  
This author's first work was the play A Noisy Night in Late Spring.
Fumiko Enchi (accept either name, or her birth name Fumi Ueda)