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Tekkan Yosano

Tekkan Yosano
Tekkan Yosano circa 1933 to 1934
Tekkan Yosano circa 1933 to 1934
Born(1873-02-25)25 February 1873
Kyoto, Japan
Died26 March 1935(1935-03-26) (aged 62)
Tokyo, Japan
OccupationWriter
GenrePoetry, essays
SpouseAkiko Yosano
A monument to Tekkan Yosano at Bitchu-Matsuyama Castle

Tekkan Yosano (与謝野 鉄幹 or 與謝野 鐵幹, Yosano Tekkan, 26 February 1873 – 26 March 1935) was the pen-name of Yosano Hiroshi, a Japanese author and poet active in late Meiji, Taishō, and early Shōwa period Japan. His wife was fellow author Yosano Akiko.[1] Former cabinet minister and politician Kaoru Yosano was his grandson.

  1. ^ George Haggerty; Bonnie Zimmerman (2000). Encyclopedia of lesbian and gay histories and cultures. Taylor & Francis. p. 823. ISBN 978-0-8153-3354-8. Retrieved 29 December 2011.

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