Fumiko Kaneko sits on her knees wearing a striped kimono with her hands clasped in front of her, staring intently ahead. c. 1925, author unknown [Wikipedia]
Fumiko Kaneko, born on this day in 1903, was a Japanese anarchist, nihilist, and opponent to Japanese imperialism in Korea. Fumiko is perhaps best remembered for her "The Prison Memoirs Of A Japanese Woman", written while imprisoned after being convicted of high treason against the Japanese government.
Together, Fumiko and her Korean partner Pak Yol published two magazines which highlighted the problems Koreans faced under Japanese imperialism and showed influences of their radical politics. Sometime between 1922 and 1923, they also established a group called "F"utei-sha (Society of Malcontents)", which Fumiko identified as a group for direct action against the government.
These activities soon brought Pak and Fumiko under government scrutiny. In September 1923, the Japanese government therefore made a number of arrests, mostly Koreans, on limited evidence, and among those arrested were Pak and Fumiko.
After lengthy judicial proceedings, Fumiko and Pak were convicted of high treason for attempting to obtain bombs with the intention of killing the emperor or his son. They were both sentenced to life in prison, however Fumiko allegedly committed suicide in her cell in 1926.
Here is a short excerpt from one of Fumiko's interrogations while imprisoned (text by Max Res from theanarchistlibrary.org):
Q: Your class?
A: A divine commoner.
Q: How are you employed?
A: My job is tearing down everything that currently exists.
The Prison Memoirs Of A Japanese Woman
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I'm still a bit sick but I'm feeling better thankfully (as in, I am actually visiting places again). I'm a fair bit disappointed that I basically spent most of my time in Kunming in a hotel room feeling awful, of course. But at least now that seems over (and at least it was less bad than my illness in St Petersburg last summer [why do I always get ill on trips?]). Or maybe I'm just overly hopeful, since now that I think about it this morning started with my symptoms getting worse than the previous days, before dying down a few hours later (but maybe that's also lack of sleep).
And I took the train to Laos today, so this is the second socialist country I've ever visited. First impressions: maybe it's just Luang Prabang, but holy shit there are so many westerners (at least the city still seems more chill than other tourist-invested spaces in other countries); it's very funny hearing so many French people after basically not hearing a single one in my 15 days in China. Also I didn't expect to see that many buddhist temples so close by and each filled with monks singing; that was neat. The natural scenery is pretty beautiful from what I've seen from the train window.
photos from Laos
also I've realised I haven't sent pictures from Guilin (I was there before Kunming), so here are a few
::: spoiler photos from Guilin
