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Yosano Akiko

Japanese author and poet
Yosano Akiko 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. Her name at birth was Shō Hō. She is one of the most... Wikipedia
Born: December 7, 1878, Sakai Prefecture
Died: May 29, 1942 (age 63 years), Tokyo, Japan
Siblings: Hidetarō Hō
Spouse: Tekkan Yosano (m. 1901–1935)
Children: Shigeru Yosano