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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1878
- Died
- 1942
- Works
- 91
Top works
- 蜻蛉日記
- 梗概源氏物語
- 日本古典全集
- 榮華物語
- 長秋詠藻
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Key facts
- Born
- Hō Shō , ( 1878-12-07 ) 7 December 1878, Sakai, Osaka , Japan
- Died
- 29 May 1942 (1942-05-29) (aged 63), Tokyo , Japan
- Occupation
- Writer, educator
- Genre
- poetry, essays
- Notable work
- Kimi Shinitamou koto nakare
- Spouse
- Tekkan Yosano
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Japan
- Place of birth
- Sakai
- Spouse
- Tekkan Yosano
- Occupation
- writer
- Employer
- Bunka Gakuin
- Languages spoken
- Japanese
- Native language
- Japanese
- Field of work
- essay
- Image
- Akiko Yosano.jpg
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- Commons category
- Akiko Yosano
- date of birth
- 1878-12-07
- date of death
- 1942-05-29
- cause of death
- stroke
- manner of death
- natural causes
- Commons gallery
- Yosano Akiko
- place of burial
- Tama Cemetery
- birth name
- 鳳志よう
- name in native language
- 与謝野晶子
- name in kana
- よさの あきこ
- writing language
- Japanese
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Encyclopedic overview
Yosano Shō (与謝野 志やう; née Hō (鳳); 7 December 1878 – 29 May 1942), known by her pen name Yosano Akiko (Shinjitai: 与謝野 晶子, Kyūjitai: 與謝野 晶子, Japanese pronunciation: [jo.sa.no (|) aꜜ.kʲi̥.ko]), was a Japanese author, poet, feminist, pacifist, and social reformer, active in the late Meiji era as well as the Taishō and early Shōwa eras of Japan. She is one of the most noted, and most controversial, post-classical female poets of Japan.
Early life
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Akiko Yosano” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.