Kanno Sugako | |
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管野 須賀子 | |
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| Born | June 7, 1881 |
| Died | January 25, 1911 (aged 29) |
| Cause of death | Execution by hanging |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Other names | Suga, Oitako[1] |
| Known for | High Treason Incident |
| Movement | Anarchism |
| Spouse(s) | Komiya Fukutaro Arahata Kanson |
| Motive | Anti-monarchism Anti-imperialism |
| Conviction(s) | Treason |
| Criminal penalty | Death |
| Details | |
| Country |  Japan |
| Target(s) | Emperor Meiji |
| Part of a series on |
| Anarcha-feminism |
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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]
- ^ Raddeker 1997, p. 150.
- ^ Mackie 1997, p. 151; Sievers 1983, p. 139.