Michiko Kakutani

Michiko Kakutani

female, 54 years old
Japanesewomenwriter, American women writer, Yale University alumni, from New Haven, Connecticut, Christian, Carrie Bradshaw…Japanese American
Michiko Kakutani (born 9 January, 1955) is a Pulitzer Prize-winning critic for the "New York Times."
Murasaki Shikibu

Murasaki Shikibu

female, 1036 years old
Japanesewomenwriter, Women of medieval Japan, Women writer, shikibu-shō, Fujiwara Takako, Fujiwara clan…Medieval writer, Japanese
Murasaki Shikibu was a Japanese novelist, poet, and a maid of honor of the imperial court during the Heian period. She was born about 978 in Kyoto,...
Okamoto Kanoko

Okamoto Kanoko

female, deceased (1939)
Japanesewomenwriter, From Tokyo, Buddhism, taisho, Showa period, waka…Japanese, writer, Japanese author
was the pen-name of a Japanese author, tanka poet, and Buddhism scholar active during Taisho and early Showa period Japan.
Akiko Yosano

Akiko Yosano

female, deceased (1942)
Japanesewomenwriter, Showa period, from Osaka Prefecture, Pacifist, Educator, Feminist…Japanese poet, writer, Japanese, Japanese author
was the pen-name of a Japanese author, poet, pioneering feminist, pacifist, and social reformer, active in late Meiji period, Taisho period and...
Akazome Emon

Akazome Emon

female, deceased (1041)
Japanesewomenwriter, Women of medieval Japan, Women writer, Oe no Takachika, Japanese, Classical Japan
was a Japanese "waka" poet who flourished in the mid Heian period. She is a member both of the and the. She is considered to be the daughter of...
Chiyo-Ni

Chiyo-Ni

female, deceased (1775)
Japanesewomenwriter, red house painter, Women writer, Kaga Province, morning glory, Japanese
Chiyo-ni (Kaga no Chiyo was a Japanese poet of the Edo period, widely regarded as one of the greatest female haiku poets. Born in Matto, Kaga...
Yuriko Miyamoto

Yuriko Miyamoto

female, deceased (1951)
Japanesewomenwriter, Death from meningitis, death by sepsis, Showa period, Literary critic, Short story writer…Japanese, Letter writer
(13 February 1899 – 21 January 1951) was a novelist in Showa period Japan. Her maiden name was Chūjō Yuriko.
Izumi Shikibu

Izumi Shikibu

female, 1033 years old
Japanesewomenwriter, Women writer, Women of medieval Japan, dowager, Taira no Yasuhira, Prince Atsumichi…Japanese, Medieval writer
was a mid Heian period Japanese poet. She is a member of the. She was the contemporary of Murasaki Shikibu and Akazome Emon at the court of Joto...
Michiko Nagai

Michiko Nagai

female, 88 years old
novelist, Hojo Masako, Japanesewomenwriter, year-long historical drama, Tokyo Womens' University, Kuroita Katsumi…Japanese, Japanese history
; (b.1925) is a writer of historical fiction in Japan. Born in Tokyo, Nagai graduated from the Tokyo Womens' University. After her marriage to the...
Yuho Iwasato

Yuho Iwasato

female, 52 years old
Mio Iwasato, Japanesewomenwriter, Niigata Prefecture, Iwasato Mio, Iwasato Yuho, Arai Akino…Japanese, writer
(Born in December 3rd, 1957, Niigata Prefecture origin) is a popular writer of anime theme songs. She is also known by another pen name of Mio...