14 Facts About Kanoko Okamoto

Kanoko Okamoto, born Kano Onuki, was the pen-name of a Japanese author, tanka poet, and Buddhist scholar active during the Taisho and early Showa periods of Japan.

Kanoko Okamoto was born in Aoyama, Akasaka-ku, to an extremely wealthy family.

Kanoko Okamoto's father suffered from lung disease, and Kanoko was sent to the Onuki family estate in Futako Tamagawa, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, where she was raised by a governess.

Kanoko Okamoto's tutor encouraged her affinity for music, calligraphy and traditional dance, and introduced her to Japanese classical literature, especially the Tale of Genji and.

Kanoko Okamoto published, the first of her five anthologies, in 1912.

Okamoto Kanoko is an authority on Buddhism, after she plunged into Buddhist practice and research during her marriage to the famous cartoonist Okamoto Ippei.

Kanoko Okamoto's eldest daughter was born with mental health problems, and soon died.

Kanoko Okamoto's younger son was born with weak health, and died in infancy.

Kanoko Okamoto was first interested in Protestant Christianity, but did not find it to her liking.

Kanoko Okamoto then turned to the Jodo Shinshu sect of Buddhism, as expounded by Shinran, which was the start of her work as a researcher of Buddhism, about which she wrote numerous essays.

Kanoko Okamoto took her whole family to Europe to complete her literary studies.

Kanoko Okamoto's grave is at the Tama Cemetery in Fuchu, Tokyo.

Kanoko Okamoto has always wanted to become a novelist, but only began publishing 'secular' fiction until the end of her life.

Okamoto Kanoko dedicated herself to presenting straightforward images of strong, mysterious, even shamanic female characters.