Writer and poet Akiko Yosano (1878-1942) wrote about her dread of the raging Spanish Flu in one of her publications. She received multiple vaccinations, strictly followed her gargling regimen and made ...

In 1901, poet Akiko Yosano's "Midaregami" ("Tangled Hair") was published. This collection of 399 sensual, explicit tanka and haiku poems broke with the formal traditions set down centuries before. Her ...

Akiko Yosano’s Midaregami (Tangled Hair) caused a sensation when it was published early in the last century. Critics praised the Japanese poet’s deft lyricism while women lauded its feminine themes, ...

you who preach the Way? Many Japanese people who hear the name Yosano Akiko will recall this famous tanka of hers. It appeared in Tangled Hair, her 1901 collection of dazzling, free-spirited love ...

No Japanese poet in modern times has described female sensibilities and feminine passion as exquisitely as Akiko Yosano. Last month marked the 130th anniversary of her birth, yet her poetry speaks ...