[1] As a child she performed as a stage and radio actor, and practiced traditional Japanese music and dance.
[2] In 1951 and 1952 Sugimoto's first short stories, Sarugaki Shinki (申楽新記) and Rin no Fu (燐の譜) both won awards from the Sunday Mainichi [ja] magazine.
[2] After she finished studying with him, her work began appearing in print again, starting with Kaki no Ki no shita (柿の木の下) in 1961.
Her 1977 Takizawa Bakin (滝沢馬琴), which was based on the life of the author by that name, won the Eiji Yoshikawa Award [ja].
[2] Her 1986 Edo Shōgon (穢土荘厳) won the Joryū Bungaku Prize [ja].