Yoshie Akiko

Historian specializing in ancient Japanese history; professor emeritus, Teikyō University. Born in 1948. Graduated from Tokyo University of Education in 1971. Received her doctorate from Tokyo Metropolitan University. Works include Tsukurareta Himiko (The Fabrication of Himiko), Nihon kodai jyotei ron (Ancient Japan’s Female Emperors), and Suiko tennō (Empress Suiko).