In the history of letters, Akiko Yosano is one of the names that keeps being returned to.
The record lists Akiko Yosano as Japanese tanka poet (1878–1942).
Akiko Yosano was born at Sakai in 1878. Her recorded nationality is Japan. She was educated at Osaka Prefectural Sen'yo Senior High School.
Around the turn of the twentieth century, literary form itself came under argument, and the certainties of the realist novel were dismantled.
She worked as poet, translator and waka poet.
The writing is recorded in Japanese.
Among her best-known works are Midaregami, Yosano Akiko's translation of the Tale of Genji and Genjimonogatari raisan ka. A writer's real subject usually becomes visible only across the whole body of work.
That the work was written from Japan matters: language, censorship and the reach of a publishing industry decide which books travel and which stay local.
Akiko Yosano died in 1942, aged 64. The books remain, which is the only durable form a writing life takes.
Achievements
- Notable work: Midaregami
- Notable work: Yosano Akiko's translation of the Tale of Genji
- Notable work: Genjimonogatari raisan ka
