[1] Her haiku collections during her lifetime amounted to ten volumes.
In 1923, she enrolled in the Department of Japanese Literature at Japan Women's University.
Hosomi married the poet Kin'ichi Sawaki in 1947.
[2] Hosomi was a member of the Modern Haiku Association.
[3] She was awarded the Dakotsu Prize in 1979 and the Order of the Sacred Treasure, 4th class, in 1981.