Shimizu Shikin, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Shimizu Shikin

Japanese novelist and women's rights activist

Date of Birth: 01-Jan-0001

Place of Birth: Bizen, Okayama Prefecture, Japan

Date of Death: 31-Jul-1933

Profession: suffragette, journalist, novelist

Nationality: Japan

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Shimizu Shikin (Japanese: ????; 1868–1933), 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.