Hiratsuka Raichō

Hiratsuka Raichō (平塚 らいちょう, transliterated らいてう according to the historical kana orthography; born Hiratsuka Haru, 平塚 明; February 10, 1886 – May 24, 1971) was a Japanese writer, journalist, political activist, anarchist, and pioneering feminist in Japan.

• Passion! Passion! We live by this and nothing else. Passion is the power of prayer. The power of will. The power of Zen meditation. The power of the way of the gods. Passion, in other words, is the power of spiritual concentration. And spiritual concentration is the one and only gateway to the realm of mystery and wonder.
  • In The Beginning Woman Was The Sun (『元始、女性は太陽であった』, Genshi, josei wa taiyō de atta), first published 1971-1973; translated by Teruko Craig in In the Beginning, Woman was the Sun: The Autobiography of a Japanese Feminist. Columbia University Press. 2010. p. 157. ISBN 978-0-231-13813-0. 

• Raicho Hiratsuka
• New Japan Women's Association
• Hiratsuka Raichō at Google Scholar
• Hiratsuka Raichō at ResearchGate
• Hiratsuka Raichō at JSTOR