# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/shimizu-shikin
# Generated: 2026-08-14T17:20:48.242Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/shimizu-shikin"
name: "Shimizu Shikin"
slug: "shimizu-shikin"
description: "Shimizu Shikin , pen name of Shimizu Toyoko, was a Japanese novelist and women's rights activist of the Meiji period in Japan. A lecturer on equality and social issues, she was forced to turn to writing when the law changed to bar women from political assembly. She became one of the first women professional journalists in Japan."
tagline: "Japanese novelist and women's rights activist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Shimizu_Shikin.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1868"
deathDate: "1933-07-31"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.6
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.214292
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%B8%85%E6%B0%B4%E7%B4%AB%E7%90%B4"
    title: "清水紫琴"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B2%D9%88_%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "شيميزو شيكين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shikin_Shimizu"
    title: "Shikin Shimizu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shimizu_Shikin"
    title: "Shimizu Shikin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shimizu_Shikin"
    title: "Shimizu Shikin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shikin_Shimizu"
    title: "Shikin Shimizu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shimizu_Shikin"
    title: "Shimizu Shikin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%B8%85%E6%B0%B4%E7%B4%AB%E7%90%B4"
    title: "清水紫琴"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11561116"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump