Akiko Yosano
Poet

Akiko Yosano Net Worth

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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Age, Biography and Wiki

Birth Day December 7, 1878
Birth Place Japan
Age 141 YEARS OLD
Died On May 29, 1942 (age 63)
Birth Sign Sagittarius

💰 Net worth: $18 Million (2024)

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.

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