Shikishi Naishinnō
Japanese classical poet of the late Heian and early Kamakura periods
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Kono Yasui
Japanese biologist and cytologist (scientist who studies cells) Kono Yasui became the first Japanese woman to receive a doctoral degree in science in 1927.
Machiko Hasegawa
Pioneering Japanese manga artist best known for creating the popular comic strip “Sazae-san” in 1946. Her work achieved national circulation in 1949 and ran daily until her retirement in 1974.
Takamure Itsue
Japanese poet, activist-writer, feminist, anarchist, ethnologist, and historian
Nobuko Yoshiya
Japanese novelist known for her prolific career during the Taishō and Shōwa periods
Naoko Takeuchi
Creator of Sailor Moon
Fukuda Hideko
Prominent Japanese feminist activist devoted to socialist and feminist causes.
Fukuda Chiyo-ni
Prominent Japanese poet during the Edo period and a Buddhist nun.
Tomoko Ohta
Renowned scientist and Professor Emeritus at the National Institute of Genetics. She specializes in population genetics and molecular evolution and is famous for her work on the nearly neutral theory of evolution.
Yamada Waka
Prominent Japanese feminist who advocated social reform during Japan’s late Meiji, Taishō, and Shōwa eras.