Early Life
Kanoko's maiden name was Ohnuki Kano. She was born in Aoyama, Akasaka-ku (present day Minato, Tokyo, to an extremely wealthy family. Her father suffered from lung disease, and Kanoko was sent to the Ohnuki family estate in Futako Tamagawa, Kawasaki city, Kanagawa prefecture, where she was raised by a governess. Her tutor encouraged her affinity for music, calligraphy and traditional dance, and introduced her to Japanese classical literature, especially the Genji Monogatari and Kokin Wakashū.
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