Higuchi Ichiyo
First major female novelist of modern Japan, who wrote in classical style about the struggles of poor women in Tokyo. Dying at 24, she left a small but enduring body of work; her face appears on the Japanese 5000-yen note.
First major female novelist of modern Japan, who wrote in classical style about the struggles of poor women in Tokyo. Dying at 24, she left a small but enduring body of work; her face appears on the Japanese 5000-yen note.