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Hiratsuka Raichō (平塚 らいちょう, transliterated らいてう according to the historical kana orthography; born Hiratsuka Haru, 平塚 明; February 10, 1886 – May 24, 1971) was a Japanese writer, journalist, political activist, anarchist, and pioneering feminist in Japan.
Mar 8, 2017 · Japanese feminist writer and activist Raichō Hiratsuka (1886-1971) was one of the founders of Seitō, a magazine “by women, for women” in Japan that ran its first issue in 1911.
She found the Seito-sha in 1911 and launched " Seito ", a feminist magazine. She opened the first issue with the wording, "In the beginning, a woman was the sun", which was considered as the Declaration of Women's Rights in Japan.
Hiratsuka Raichō (1886–1971) Japanese feminist, pacifist, and consumer advocate who was a founder of Seitōsha (Bluestockings) and Shin Fujin Kyokai (New Women's Association).
Apr 12, 2016 · Raichō Hiratsuka was a writer, journalist, political activist, anarchist and pioneering Japanese feminist who founded Seitō (Bluestocking) magazine. Hiratsuka was born in 1886 in Tokyo.
Oct 30, 2017 · Hiratsuka Raichō (1886–1971) made a name for herself as one of the first-generation feminists in Japan. Her opening editorial in the first issue of Seitō, probably first feminist magazine in Japan, titled “In the Beginning Woman was the Sun,” catapulted her into the Japanese public eye and into the center of controversy.
This work on Hiratsuka Raichō at last fully assesses her key role in the history of the Japanese women's movement. It provides a full and contextual analysis of the life (1886-1971) and work of this leading Japanese feminist, all in the light of the changes affecting women in Japan.
