Higuchi Ichiyō: A Pioneer of Modern Japanese Literature

The ¥5,000 banknote issued from 2004 features a portrait of Higuchi Ichiyō. (© Jiji)

The site of Higuchi Ichiyō’s former residence in Bunkyō, Tokyo. (© Jiji)

Ichiyō’s handwritten manuscript of “Child’s Play” was sold for ¥21 million at auction in 2019. (© Jiji)