Kanno Sugako

Kanno Sugako
管野 須賀子
Born(1881-06-07)June 7, 1881
DiedJanuary 25, 1911(1911-01-25) (aged 29)
Cause of deathExecution by hanging
NationalityJapanese
Other namesSuga, Oitako[1]
Known forHigh Treason Incident
MovementAnarchism
Spouse(s)Komiya Fukutaro
Arahata Kanson
MotiveAnti-monarchism
Anti-imperialism
Conviction(s)Treason
Criminal penaltyDeath
Details
Country Japan
Target(s)Emperor Meiji

Kanno Sugako (管野 須賀子, June 7, 1881 – January 25, 1911), also known as Kanno Suga (管野 スガ), was a Japanese anarcha-feminist journalist. She was the author of a series of articles about gender oppression, and a defender of freedom and equal rights for men and women.

In 1910, she was accused of treason by the Japanese government for her alleged involvement in what became known as the High Treason Incident, aimed at the assassination of Emperor Meiji. Kanno was executed by hanging on January 25, 1911, at the age of 29. She was the first woman with the status of political prisoner to be executed in the history of modern Japan.[2]

  1. ^ Raddeker 1997, p. 150.
  2. ^ Mackie 1997, p. 151; Sievers 1983, p. 139.