Yosano Akiko

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Yosano Akiko was a pioneering Japanese poet, feminist, and social reformer of the early 20th century, renowned for her passionate tanka poetry and advocacy for women's rights.

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Yosano Akiko canonical 5
与謝野晶子 1

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instanceOf feminist
human
poet
social reformer
tanka poet
activeYearsEnd 1942
activeYearsStart 1890s
advocatedFor gender equality
social reform
women’s education
birthName Hō Shō
coFounded Bunko-dō literary circle
countryOfCitizenship Japan
dateOfBirth 1878-12-07
dateOfDeath 1942-05-29
educatedAt local school in Sakai
gender female
genre poetry
tanka
influenced modern Japanese poetry
knownFor advocacy for women’s rights
erotic and passionate tanka poetry
pacifist and anti-militarist writings
languageOfExpression Japanese
literaryPeriod Meiji era
surface form: Meiji period

Taisho era
surface form: Taishō period

early Shōwa period
memberOf Shinshisha
movement Taisho era
surface form: Taishō democracy

feminism
name Yosano Akiko self-link
nationality Japanese
nativeName Yosano Akiko self-linksurface differs
surface form: 与謝野晶子
notableWork Kimi shinitamō koto nakare
Midaregami
Tangled Hair
numberOfChildren 13
occupation educator
essayist
poet
writer
placeOfBirth Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, Japan
surface form: Sakai, Osaka, Japan
placeOfDeath Tokyo
surface form: Tokyo, Japan
religion Buddhism
residence Tokyo
surface form: Tokyo, Japan
spouse Yosano Tekkan
workedAt Bunko-dō publishing house
writingStyle frank expression of female desire
innovative use of classical tanka form

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Sakai City associatedWithPerson Yosano Akiko
Yosano Akiko name Yosano Akiko self-link
Yosano Akiko nativeName Yosano Akiko self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: 与謝野晶子