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Hiratsuka Raicho: Pioneer of the Women's Liberation Movement in Modern Japan.
(From Journal of Japanese Trade & Industry (JJTI))
Byline: Nakajima Kuni
Introduction Hiratsuka Raicho (1886-1971) - her real name was Okumura Haru - is widely known as a pivotal figure in the history of the women's liberation movement in modern Japan.
After her death, with the aim of improving women's social status, the first World Conference of the International Women's Year was held in Mexico City in 1975, the year designated by the United Nations as International Women's Year. At the conference, the Japanese delegate Fujita Taki (a former president of Tsuda College) quoted the opening lines of Raicho's manifesto in the first issue of Seito, ...
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- The Literary Review Toson, Shimazaki Naff, William E. January 1, 1996 700+ words
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- Magazine article from: Journal of Social History Hopper, Helen December 22, 2004 700+ words
...follow. Also, at this point, well-known writers and critics, such as the founder of the Bluestocking Society, Hiratsuka Raicho, the socialist-activist, Yamakawa Kikue, the poet and critic, Yosano Akiko and the male social critic, Hirabayashi...
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- Magazine article from: Look Japan Kizuki, Chiaki December 1, 2002 700+ words
...drinking coffee," says Hasegawa Taizo, president of Nitto Coffee, which now owns the cafe "Such prominent women as Hiratsuka Raicho (of the women's liberation movement) and Yosano Akiko (a poetess) often participated in discussions in the...
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- Magazine article from: The Australian Journal of Politics and History EDWARDS, LOUISE March 1, 1999 700+ words
...the writings of prominent women activists including, among a host of others, Fukuda Hideko, Yamada Waka, and Hiratsuka Raicho. This invaluable volume is fluently written in a style that ensures its accessibility to both undergraduate students...
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- Magazine article from: Journal of East Asian Studies Mikanagi, Yumiko May 1, 2005 700+ words
...preceded by the debate on women's familial, social, and public roles among early feminists such as Yosano Akiko and Hiratsuka Raicho, the site of sex knowledge formation shifts away from the hands of scholars and experts into a broader sphere involving...
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- Newspaper article from: The Washington Post Mary Jordan September 4, 1988 700+ words
...in Sofia, Bulgaria, donated the funds for 12-year-old Raicho Shkodrov and seven others to leave the Black Sea for the Potomac. "I'm glad to be in the United States," Raicho said yesterday through a translator, "because I've heard...
