Akiko Yosano was a renowned and controversial Japanese poet, writer, feminist, and pacifist born on December 7, 1878. She is estimated to have written between 20,000 and 50,000 poems, with her most famous being the anti-war poem "Kimi Shinitamou koto nakare" which was published during the Russo-Japanese War.
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About
Renowned and controversial Japanese poet, Writer, feminist, and pacifist who wrote between 20,000 and 50,000 poems. She is perhaps best known for an anti-war poem entitled "Kimi Shinitamou koto nakare" and published during the Russo-Japanese War.
Before Fame
She ran her merchant family's yokan (candy) Business beginning at the young age of eleven.
Trivia
Her birth name was Sho Ho; Akiko Yosano was her pen name.
Family Life
She married literary Editor Tekkan Yosano in 1901. She subsequently gave birth to thirteen children.
Associated With
She was a literary contemporary of fellow Japanese author Eji Yoshikawa.