At the end of the Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China, there was a trend of studying in Japan in China, and many celebrities and scholars went to Japan to study, so they met many Japanese women, and there were some more or less emotional entanglements. Today we will take a brief inventory of the celebrities who have married Japanese wives.
When Sun Yat-sen was in exile in Japan in his early years, he knew a fifteen-year-old Japanese girl, Haru Asada. Haru Asada is lively, well-behaved and cute, and speaks English, which is deeply loved by Sun Yat-sen. Unfortunately, Haru Asada died suddenly not long after, and Sun Yat-sen was worried about this for a long time.
At the age of 39, Sun Yat-sen met Kaoru Ōtsuki and fell in love with her at first sight, and the two quickly fell in love. Despite Ōtsuki's father's strong opposition, the two were successfully married. After marriage, Ōtsuki gave birth to a daughter, named Wenzi, which means that she was the child of Sun Yat-sen. But it is a pity that Sun Yat-sen hastily returned to China before he saw the birth of his daughter. Since then, Ōtsuki has remarried twice, but she has never forgotten Sun Yat-sen and has been waiting for Sun Yat-sen to return in Japan.
Gu Hongming was a famous geek in the late Qing Dynasty. He did not accept new ideas, but stubbornly pursued the feudal tradition. And he always believed that Japanese women had some special temperament. In order to answer the doubts in his heart, he took a Japanese girl as a concubine and lived with her every day, even without her sleeping.
Kang Youwei went into exile after the failure of the Penghu Rebellion and later settled in Japan. In Japan, he hired a nanny named Tsuruko Ichioka. The two gradually developed a relationship in their daily lives, and Later Kang Youwei brought her to China together when he returned to China. After many days together, Ichioka Tsuruko was accepted by Yasusu as a concubine and lived with Yasuyuki.
Master Hongyi, commonly known as Li Shutong. He is versatile, can write poetry, can paint, understands music, and can act. But it is such a learned man who is troubled daily by the mundane affairs of the world. In order to be completely free from the disturbance of mundane things and to completely seek the freedom of the mind, he chose to shave his ordination. But to become a monk is to give up his seven passions and six desires, to give up his Japanese wife who has accompanied him for many years. In order to pursue the avenue in his heart, he had to make a fierce effort to lock his wife and children outside the temple and let his wife leave sadly.
Pu Jie's marriage to Saga Hao was an obvious political marriage, and Pu Jie knew it well. But what he did not expect was that Saga Hao was not only young and beautiful but also had an extremely kind heart. The long-term relationship between the two makes the feelings between the two deeper, so the two slowly let go of the estrangement in their hearts and stay together for a lifetime. In the face of countless difficulties, neither of them gave up. Saga even became a Chinese national, becoming a thorough Chinese. The deep affection between the two touched everyone.
Guo Moruo studied in Japan when he was young, where he met 22-year-old Tomiko Sato. The appearance of Tomiko Sato eased Guo Moruo's sad heart, and after many interactions, the two decided to be together. But since Tomiko Sato's father was a Christian, he was adamantly opposed to the union. In order to be with Guo Moruo, Tomoko Sato resolutely abandoned her family, education and country.
But unfortunately, after the Sino-Japanese war, Guo Moruo left Japan and never returned, and Sato Tomiko waited for many years with her child. In 1948, she stumbled upon Guo Moruo's name, and after many inquiries and searches, she finally found Guo Moruo, but at this time Guo Moruo had already married her. Tomiko Sato had no choice but to give up and leave.
Tao Jingsun is a rare friend of Guo Moruo, who once went to Japan to study with Guo Moruo. Here he meets Tomoko Sato's sister Sato Fushi. Unlike Guo Moruo's abandonment, Tao Jingsun's love affair with Sato Cao was very strong, and Sato Cao later changed his name to Tao Mili. This shows how deep the feelings between the two are.
Jiang Baili was a famous military expert, and his wife was Sato, the head nurse of the Japanese Embassy in China. During a mission, the two met and fell in love and eventually married. After marriage, the two had a daughter. During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Sato turned against his motherland and relatives in order to support Jiang Baili's work. After Jiang Baili died of exhaustion, Sato kept the festival for him for life.
Lu Xun's brother Zhou Zuoren also met a Japanese girl named Yuta Nobuko while studying in Japan. Hatta Nobuko's origins are not good, just a low-level family in Japan, but she has a kind personality and is deeply loved by Zhou Zuoren. When Zhou Zuoren returned to China, she also followed her to China to help manage various affairs at home. Although the relationship between the three brothers of the Zhou family broke down because of her reasons, she and Zhou Zuoren always loved and lived together.
Celebrities married Japanese wives because of the influence of the culture at that time, but it is undeniable that they all had sincere and beautiful feelings between them. Nowadays, with the opening up of society and the increasing frequency of cultural exchanges, everyone no longer has to worry about nationality and other issues, and hopes that everyone can find their own happiness and future.
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The Biography of Sun Yat-sen