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Noe Itō

Japanese anarchist, social critic, author and feminist · Japan · On the map · Writers · Lived 1895 to 1923 · aged 28

Itō Noe was a Japanese anarchist, social critic, author, and feminist. She was the editor-in-chief of the feminist magazine Seitō (Bluestocking). Her progressive anarcha-feminist ideology challenged the norms of the Meiji and Taishō periods in which she lived.

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She drew praise from critics by being able to weave her personal and political ideas into her writings. The Japanese government, however, condemned her for challenging the constructs of the time. She became a martyr of the anarchist ideology in which she believed during the Amakasu Incident, when she was murdered along with her lover, anarchist author Ōsugi Sakae, and his nephew.

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Japan
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
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Lived 1895 to 1923 · aged 28