Japan Women's University

The Nihon Joshi Daigaku (Japanese日本 女子 大学, dt "Japanese Women's University ", in short:本 女, honjo ) is a Japanese private university for women, with locations in Bunkyō -ku Tokyo and Tama -ku Kawasaki. It was founded in 1901 by entrepreneur Jinzo Naruse. The music for the opening was supposedly written by Raphael of Koeber.

Graduates

  • Hashida Sugako ( born 1925 ), television writer and essayist
  • Yumie Hiraiwa, novelist
  • Raicho Hiratsuka (1886-1971), author, journalist and feminist
  • Yuriko Miyamoto, novelist
  • Kazuyo Sejima ( b. 1956 ), architect
  • Rumiko Takahashi ( b. 1957 ), mangaka
  • Chieko Takamura (1886-1938), poet; Graduate: 1907
  • Makiko Tanaka ( b. 1944 ), politician
  • Tamura Toshiko, novelist
Wards of Japan Kawasaki (Kanagawa) Raphael von Koeber Toshiko Tamura
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