Literature · 1878–1942
Akiko Yosano — Age & Birthday
Born: 7 December 1878 · Died: 29 May 1942 · Age at death: 63
How old was Akiko Yosano when she died?
Akiko Yosano died aged 63. She was born on 7 December 1878 and died on 29 May 1942.
Influential Japanese feminist poet and author of Tangled Hair
Did you know?She was a prolific writer who gave birth to thirteen children while campaigning for women's rights and social reforms in Japan.
Yosano Shō (与謝野 志やう; née Hō (鳳); 7 December 1878 – 29 May 1942), known by her pen name Yosano Akiko (Shinjitai: 与謝野 晶子, Kyūjitai: 與謝野 晶子, Japanese pronunciation:), was a Japanese author, poet, feminist, pacifist, and social reformer, active in the late Meiji era as well as the Taishō and early Shōwa eras of Japan.
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- Age at death
- 63
- Would be
- 147
- Years since death
- 84
- Born
- December 7, 1878 · Sakai, Japan
- Died
- May 29, 1942
- Cause of death
- Stroke
- Nationality
- Japanese
- Known for
- Literature
Family
- Spouse
- Tekkan Yosano
- Child
- Shigeru Yosano
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