# Katayama Hiroko

> Katayama Hiroko was a Japanese poet and translator. She did many translations of Irish writers under the pseudonym Matsumura Mineko. Her husband was a noted bureaucrat. She reportedly took her pseudonym from a name she saw on a child's umbrella. She maintained a friendship with Ryūnosuke Akutagawa and he reportedly said of her "Finally I have met a woman who can be called my equal in the arena of words." She also acted as a mentor to Muraoka Hanako who is known in Japan for translating Anne of Green Gables.

*Japanese translator and writer (1878–1957)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Writer / Author
- **Category:** Writers
- **Country:** Japan
- **Born:** 1878-02-10
- **Died:** 1957-03-19
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** female

## Bio

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## Fame
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## Sources
- [Katayama Hiroko](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katayama_Hiroko)
- [كاتاياما هيروكو](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A7_%D9%87%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%83%D9%88)
- [كاتاياما هيروكو](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A7_%D9%87%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%83%D9%88)
- [片山広子](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%89%87%E5%B1%B1%E5%BA%83%E5%AD%90)
- [Katayama Hiroko](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katayama_Hiroko)
- [Hiroko Katayama](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiroko_Katayama)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1262037)

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