Akiko Yosano
| Akiko Yosano | |
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| Born |
7 December 1878 Sakai, Osaka, Japan |
| Died | 29 May 1942 (aged 63) Tokyo, Japan |
| Occupation | Writer, educator |
| Genre | poetry, essays |
| Notable works | Kimi Shinitamou koto nakare |
| Spouse | Tekkan Yosano |
Akiko Yosano (与謝野 晶子 Yosano Akiko?, 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 period as well as the Taishō and early Shōwa periods of Japan. Her name at birth was Shō Hō (鳳 志よう Hō Shō?). She is one of the most famous, and most controversial, post-classical woman poets of Japan.
Yosano was born into a prosperous merchant family in Sakai, near Osaka. From the age of 11, she was the family member most responsible for running the family business, which produced and sold youkan, a type of confection. From early childhood, she was fond of reading literary works, and read widely in her father's extensive library. As a high school student, she began to subscribe to the poetry magazine Myōjō (Bright Star), of which she became a prominent contributor. Myōjō's editor, Tekkan Yosano, taught her tanka poetry, having met her on visits to Osaka and Sakai to deliver lectures and teach in workshops.
Although Tekkan had a common-law wife, he and Akiko fell in love, and he eventually separated from his common-law wife. The two poets started a new life together in the suburb of Tokyo and were married in 1901. The couple had two sons, Hikaru and Shigeru. Despite separating from his first wife, Tekkan remained actively involved with her.
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