Higuchi Ichiyo, Japanese Short Story Writer(1872-1896)

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from a Japanese banknote

Just the Facts:

• Name: Higuchi Natsuko
• Known as: Higuchi Ichiyo
• Birth: May 2, 1872, Uchisaiwaichō, Tokyo, Japan
• Death: November 23, 1896, Tokyo, Japan
• Language: Japanese
• Who she was: Japanese short story writer; "Takekurabe" ("Comparing Heights"); "Jūsan'ya" ("The Thirteenth Night"); "Ōtsugomori" ("On the Last Day of the Year"); "Nigorie" ("Troubled Waters"); "Wakare-Michi" ("Separate Ways")

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