Shimizu Shikin
Shimizu Shikin | |
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Shimizu Shikin before 1930. | |
| Born | Shimizu Toyoko (Japanese: 清水豊子) 11 January 1868 |
| Died | 31 July 1933 (aged 65) Tokyo, Japan |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Other names | Kozai Shikin, Kozai Toyoko |
| Occupation(s) | writer, women's activist |
| Years active | 1887–1901 |
| Spouse | Kozai Yoshinao |
Shimizu Shikin (清水紫琴; 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.