Kanoko Okamoto (岡本かの子, Okamoto Kanoko, 1 March 1889 - 18 February 1939) was the pen-name of a Japanese author, tanka poet, and Buddhism scholar active during Taishō and early Shōwa period Japan.
Kanoko's maiden name was Ohnuki Kano. She was born in Aoyama, Akasaka-ku (present day Minato, Tokyo, to an extremely wealthy family. Her father suffered from lung disease, and Kanoko was sent to the Ohnuki family estate in Futako_Tamagawa, Kawasaki city, ...
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Kanoko Okamoto (岡本かの子, Okamoto Kanoko, 1 March 1889 - 18 February 1939) was the pen-name of a Japanese author, tanka poet, and Buddhism scholar active during Taishō and early Shōwa period Japan.
Kanoko's maiden name was Ohnuki Kano. She was born in Aoyama, Akasaka-ku (present day Minato, Tokyo, to an extremely wealthy family. Her father suffered from lung disease, and Kanoko was sent to the Ohnuki family estate in Futako_Tamagawa, Kawasaki city, Kanagawa prefecture, where she was raised by a governess. Her tutor encouraged her affinity for music, calligraphy and traditional dance, and introduced her to Japanese classical literature, especially the Genji Monogatari and Kokin Wakashū.
Kanoko was influenced greatly by her older brother, Shosen, and his classmate Jun'ichirō Tanizaki who studied at the First Higher School and Tokyo Imperial University. While still a student at the Atami Gakuen girls' high school, Kanoko called on the renowned poet, Yosano Akiko, and this encounter prompted...
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