Hiratsuka Raichō
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Hiratsuka Raichō was a Japanese writer, journalist, political activist, anarchist, and pioneering feminist in Japan.
Raichō, from her autobiography
Raichō in 1955
Feminism in Japan
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Feminism in Japan began with women's rights movements that date back to antiquity. The movement started to gain momentum after Western thinking was brought into Japan during the Meiji Restoration in 1
Hiratsuka Raichō
…orthography; born Hiratsuka Haru, 平塚 明; February 10, 1886 – May 24, 1971) was a Japanese writer, journalist, political activist, anarchist, and pioneering feminist in Japan. Born in Tokyo in 1886, the second daughter of a high ranking civil servant, and educated at Japan Women's University (日本女子大学) in 1903, Hiratsuka came…
A women's rights group meeting in Tokyo, to push for universal suffrage.
Japanese women are increasingly embracing non-traditional activities and interests such as computer technology.
A women-only train car, to protect women from sexual harassment by male passengers.
Kai Ichiranzu 1806