Tomie Ōhara (大原 富枝, September 28, 1912 – January 27, 2000) was a Japanese novelist.
She studied at Kochi Joshi Shihan Gakko from 1927 to 1930, but dropped out when she contracted tuberculosis.
However, she only began gaining attention as a writer with her 1938 story Shuku Shussei (祝出征), which was shortlisted for the Akutagawa Prize.
She published a short story collection in 1957 titled Sutomai Tsunbo (ストマイつんぼ), which won the Women's Literature Award.
[2] Her novel Oyuki: Tosa Ichijo-ke no Hokai (於雪-土佐一條家の崩壊), which was published in 1970, also won the Women's Literature Award.