Yagi Akiko | |
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Born | 1895 |
Died | 1983 | (aged 87–88)
Occupation | Writer |
Yagi Akiko (1895–1983) was an anarchist writer and activist. She wrote for anarchist women's arts journals Fujin Sensen (The Women's Front) and Nyonin Geijutsu (Women's Arts) on topics including bolshevism, [1] the commercial commodification of women, [2] and the imperial founding of Manchukuo, a puppet state that she described as a slave, having traded one imperial ruler for another. [3] Her travelogue "Letters from a Trip to Kyushu", written with Fumiko Hayashi, tells of their drinking and meeting men, as two modern women outré for the time period. [4]
Yagi Akiko | |
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Born | 1895 |
Died | 1983 | (aged 87–88)
Occupation | Writer |
Yagi Akiko (1895–1983) was an anarchist writer and activist. She wrote for anarchist women's arts journals Fujin Sensen (The Women's Front) and Nyonin Geijutsu (Women's Arts) on topics including bolshevism, [1] the commercial commodification of women, [2] and the imperial founding of Manchukuo, a puppet state that she described as a slave, having traded one imperial ruler for another. [3] Her travelogue "Letters from a Trip to Kyushu", written with Fumiko Hayashi, tells of their drinking and meeting men, as two modern women outré for the time period. [4]