Fumiko Kaneko

Social activist. Born in Yokohama to parents Saeki Bun'ichi from Hiroshima Prefecture and Kaneko Kikuno from Yamanashi Prefecture, she was registered as her grandfather's child and spent a miserable childhood. She moved to Tokyo and worked as a newspaper girl and maid, but met Paku Ryol (1902-1974), who had come to Japan and organized the "Futeisha" association for the Korean independence movement. They hit it off and began living together. In September 1923 (Taisho 12), the Great Kanto Earthquake occurred, and both were arrested and charged with high treason, with plotting to assassinate the emperor or crown prince. They were sentenced to death in March 1926, but both were commuted to life imprisonment. On July 23, Fumiko hanged herself in Tochigi Prison.

[Yoshimi Shuuko]

"What Made Me Do This? - Kaneko Fumiko's Prison Notes" (1931, Shunjusha / Revised and definitive edition, 1972, Kuroki Sensensha)" ▽ "Setouchi Harumi's "Spring in the Margins" (Chuko Bunko)" ▽ "Pak Il-eul and Kaneko Fumiko Trial Records" (1977, Kuroki Sensensha)

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社会運動家。広島県出身の佐伯文一と山梨県出身の金子キクノを両親として横浜に生まれたが、祖父の子として入籍、悲惨な少女時代を送る。東京に出て新聞売り子や女中などをしていたが、日本にきて朝鮮独立運動のための結社「不逞社(ふていしゃ)」を組織していた朴烈(ぼくれつ)（1902―74）と知り合い、意気投合して同棲(どうせい)した。1923年（大正12）9月の関東大震災で2人とも検挙され、天皇または皇太子を暗殺する準備をしていたという大逆(たいぎゃく)罪にでっち上げられた。26年3月死刑の宣告を受けたが、2人とも無期懲役に減刑。7月23日文子は栃木刑務所で縊死(いし)した。

［吉見周子］

『『何が私をかうさせたか――金子ふみ子獄中手記』（1931・春秋社／増補決定版・1972・黒色戦線社）』▽『瀬戸内晴美著『余白の春』（中公文庫）』▽『『朴烈・金子文子裁判記録』（1977・黒色戦線社）』

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