# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ichiyo-higuchi
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:24:34.777Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ichiyo-higuchi"
name: "Ichiyō Higuchi"
slug: "ichiyo-higuchi"
description: "Natsuko Higuchi , known by her pen name Higuchi Ichiyō , was a Japanese writer during the Meiji era. She was Japan's first professional woman writer of modern literature, specializing in short stories and poetry, and was also an extensive diarist. Her portrait was used on the 5000 yen banknote in Japan."
tagline: "Japanese writer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Higuchi_Ichiyou.png?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
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  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1872-05-02"
deathDate: "1896-11-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           55.1
  momentum:             0
  historical:           23.04399333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  238
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm0383678"
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    title: "ჰიგუტი იტიიო"
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    title: "Ichiyo Higuchi"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump