On this day 7 December 1896 Japanese translator feminist socialist and lesbian Yuasa Yoshiko (湯浅 芳子) was born in Kyoto. She was an early supporter of the women's rights movement in the country and became involved in the left-wing Tyrian literature movement. With the leading female proletarian author Chūjō Yuriko she travelled to the Soviet Union for three years studying Russian language and literature and developed a friendship with film director Sergei Eisenstein. She translated a significant n Language And Literature, Left Wing, Socialist, Film Director, Feminist, Lesbian, Author, Japanese, History