Tekkan Yosano | |
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Born | Kyoto, Japan | 25 February 1873
Died | 26 March 1935 Tokyo, Japan | (aged 62)
Occupation | Writer |
Genre | Poetry, essays |
Spouse | Akiko Yosano |
Tekkan Yosano (与謝野 鉄幹 or 與謝野 鐵幹, Yosano Tekkan, 26 February 1873 – 26 March 1935) was the pen-name of Yosano Hiroshi, a Japanese author and poet active in late Meiji, Taishō, and early Shōwa period Japan. His wife was fellow author Yosano Akiko.[1] Former cabinet minister and politician Kaoru Yosano was his grandson.