Birthdate: May 2, 1872
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Uchisaiwaichō, Tokyo, Japan
Died: November 23, 1896
Ichiyō Higuchi was a noted Japanese writer, poet, and novelist from the Meiji Period. The most important Japanese woman writer of her period, Higuchi specialized in short stories and was Japan's first professional female writer of modern literature, and also an extensive diarist. Her stories Nigorie, Jūsan'ya, Ōtsugomori, and Takekurabe have been repeatedly adapted for film and television.
