Born in Tokyo into an official's family; her real name was Haru.
She graduated from the Japan Women's College.
She founded Seitō (Bluestocking), a literary magazine by women, writing a manifesto that opened "In the beginning, woman was truly the sun."
She began living with the painter Okumura Hiroshi without marrying, modelling a new way of life for women.
She debated with Yosano Akiko and others whether the state should protect mothers.
With Ichikawa Fusae and others she founded the New Women's Association, campaigning for women's political participation; women later won the right to attend political meetings.
She became president of the Federation of Japanese Women's Organizations.
She devoted herself to campaigns for world peace.
She died in Tokyo.
Yosano AkikoIchikawa FusaeItō Noe
Takehisa YumejiKitahara HakushūMushanokōji SaneatsuOsugi SakaeMatsui SumakoYamada KōsakuHagiwara SakutarōTanizaki Jun'ichirō
People of the Taishō period ・ People by period
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