Yosano Akiko | |
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| Born | Shō Hō 7 December 1878 Sakai, Osaka, Japan |
| Died | 29 May 1942 (aged 63) Tokyo, Japan |
| Occupation | Writer, educator |
| Genre | poetry, essays |
| Notable work | Kimi Shinitamou koto nakare |
| Spouse | Tekkan Yosano |
| Children | 13 |
Yosano Akiko (Shinjitai: 与謝野 晶子, seiji: 與謝野 晶子; 7 December 1878 – 29 May 1942) was the pen-name of a Japanese author, poet, pioneering feminist, pacifist, and social reformer, active in the late Meiji era as well as the Taishō and early Shōwa eras of Japan.[1] Her name at birth was Shō Hō (鳳 志やう, Hō Shō).[2] She is one of the most noted, and most controversial, post-classical female poets of Japan.[3]
- ^ Beichman, Janine (1 January 2002). Embracing the Firebird: Yosano Akiko and the Birth of the Female Voice in Modern Japanese Poetry. University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 9780824823474.
- ^ Henshall, Kenneth (7 November 2013). Historical Dictionary of Japan to 1945. Scarecrow Press. p. 481. ISBN 9780810878723.
- ^ Akiko, Yosano (7 January 2014). River of Stars: Selected Poems of Yosano Akiko. Shambhala Publications. ISBN 9780834829336.