Akiko Yosano was born on December 7, 1878 in Japan. 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.
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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.
