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Shō (given Name)
Shō, Sho or Shou is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: * Akiko Yosano (与謝野 晶子, 1878-1942), Japanese author. Her birth name was "Shō Hō" (鳳 志よう) *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese freestyle skier * Sho Kosugi (ショー・コスギ, born 1948), Japanese martial artist and actor * Show Hayami (速水 奨, born 1958), Japanese voice actor and singer *, Japanese idol and actor *, Japanese baseball player *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese boxer * Sho Nakata (中田 翔, born 1989), Japanese baseball player * Sun Yat-sen (孫 逸仙, 1866–1925), a.k.a. "Nakayama Shō" (中山 樵) *, Japanese diver * Sho Sakurai (櫻井 翔, born 1982), Japanese idol, singer-songwriter, and newscaster *, stage name Lien, Japanese idol, member of South Korean boy band Mirae *, Japanese swimmer *, Japanese professional wrestler * Sho Yano (矢野 祥, born 1991), American child prodigy *Shō Kiryūin (鬼龍院 翔, born 1984) Japanese singer an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akiko Yosano
Yosano Akiko (Shinjitai: , seiji: ; 7 December 1878 – 29 May 1942) was the pen-name of a Japanese author, poet, pioneering feminist, pacifist, and social reformer, active in the late Meiji era as well as the Taishō and early Shōwa eras of Japan. Her name at birth was . She is one of the most noted, and most controversial, post-classical woman poets of Japan. Early life Yosano was born into a prosperous merchant family in Sakai, near Osaka. From the age of 11, she was the family member most responsible for running the family business, which produced and sold yōkan, a type of confection. From early childhood, she was fond of reading literary works, and read widely in her father's extensive library. As a high school student, she began to subscribe to the poetry magazine ''Myōjō'' (Bright Star), of which she became a prominent contributor. ''Myōjō's'' editor, Tekkan Yosano, taught her ''tanka'' poetry, having met her on visits to Osaka and Sakai to deliver lectures and tea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
