[DeepL Translation - needs review] Critique of Akiko Yosano, a poet, writer, and thinker active from the Meiji era to the early Showa era. First published in "Fujin Club" [1921 (Taisho 10)]. It was included in the collection "Ningen Chapel" in the same year. People say that "femininity" is for women to receive the same education as men, to walk in the outer circle, and to have love, grace, and modesty. However, Akiko denies these things. She says that the word "unfeminine" has been used to o...
While there are some rough sections (the opening section is the hardest I think, it gets much easier as it goes on) this isn't too bad for something written in the 1920s. I had to check the date before finishing it because at one point she references 'the war' and I was going, "....which one?" 🤔
Given the time period and that it was a woman writing about women's rights I was delighted and surprised by how forcefully it was written. The author's exasperation and impatience came through quite cl