Kanoko Okamoto

Kanoko Okamoto
Native name
岡本 かの子
BornKano Ōnuki (大貫 カノ)
(1889-03-01)1 March 1889
Tokyo, Japan
Died18 February 1939(1939-02-18) (aged 49)
Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan
OccupationWriter
GenreNovels and poetry
Notable worksTsuru wa yamiki

Kanoko Okamoto (岡本 かの子, Okamoto Kanoko, 1 March 1889 – 18 February 1939), born Kano Ōnuki (大貫 カノ, Ōnuki Kano), was the pen-name of a Japanese author, tanka poet, and Buddhist scholar active during the Taishō and early Shōwa periods of Japan.