Literary Career In 1901, Yosano brought out her first volume of tanka, Midaregami Tangled Hair , which contained 400 poems and was very well received by literary critics | From the age of 11, she was the family member most responsible for running the family business, which produced and sold yokan, or bean candy |
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When she was a high school student, she began to subscribe to the poetry magazine Myojo Bright Star , and she became one of its most important contributors | Her first book, which overshadows everything else she wrote, brought a passionate individualism to traditional tanka poetry, unli |
She is one of the most famous, and most controversial, post-classical woman poets of Japan.
26Although Tekkan had a common-law wife, Tekkan and Akiko fell in love | |
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Her real name was Yosano Shiyo |
They met when he came to Osaka and Sakai to deliver lectures and teach workshops.
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