Higuchi Ichiyō
1872–1896 · writer · Japan
Arts and ideas17 years old in 1889
Natsuko Higuchi, known by her pen name Higuchi Ichiyō, was a Japanese writer during the Meiji era. She was Japan's first professional woman writer of modern literature, specializing in short stories and poetry, and was also an extensive diarist. Her portrait was used on the 5000 yen banknote in Japan.
Read more on WikipediaThe world around them · Tokyo, 1870s
- Who governs
- Former samurai rule in the emperor's name. The old feudal domains are abolished in 1871.
- Everyday life
- Most people still farm. From 1873 the land tax is paid in money instead of rice.
- Arts and ideas
- Woodblock prints show trains, gas lamps and brick streets, and Western painting is taught for the first time.
- Meanwhile
- France has just lost a war and become a republic again, and the United States marks its centennial in 1876.
Their life in their time
- 1872
- 18720 years oldJapan's first railway
- 18775 years oldThe last samurai revolt
- 189624 years oldDies
