Women in Japan
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Women in Japan were recognized as having equal legal rights to men after World War II. Japanese women first gained the right to vote in 1880, but this was a temporary event limited to certain municipa
A photograph of Japanese women from the book "Japan And Japanese" (1902)
Countess Mutsu Ryōko, wife of notable diplomat Count Mutsu Munemitsu. Photographed in 1888.
Byakuren Yanagiwara, a poet and member of the imperial family.
Chikage Oogi was the first female President of the House of Councillors and the first woman to be awarded the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Paulownia Flowers and the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun.
Yoshioka Yayoi
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Yoshioka Yayoi was a Japanese physician, educator, and women's rights activist. She founded the Tokyo Women's Medical University in 1900, as the first medical school for women in Japan. She was also k
