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Haru Asada (浅田春, Asada Haru, 1882–1902) was the Japanese teenage concubine of Sun Yat-sen, the founder of the Republic of China.[1]
Asada was born in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, and spoke both fluent Chinese and English. She encountered Sun when she worked as a maid in Sun's house in Yokohama. She died in 1902, and Sun married a younger Japanese girl named Kaoru Otsuki in 1905.
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edit- ^ 《辛亥革命史資料新編》第六卷翻譯自日本外務省檔案:「明治33年9月21日,兵庫縣知事向外務大臣報告,『孫逸仙(三十四歲)與跟隨者溫炳臣(三十八歲)及淺田春(十八歲,孫逸仙之妾)於昨(二十)日下午六時三十分自橫濱乘坐開往神戶方向的火車,途徑西京來神奈川,是日宿市內相生町三丁目加藤的旅館。』」、「9月22日,兵庫縣知事報告稱,『今日傍晚孫陪同其妾淺田春赴相生座觀戲,不久返回住地,用罷晚餐復又觀戲,除此之外再不曾外出,亦無他人造訪。』」、「明治34年7月2日,兵庫縣知事報告稱,『孫逸仙與其妾淺田春一起,於昨(一)日上午十一時十四分分乘列車自橫濱抵達神戶,宿於榮町三丁目西村旅館。』孫中山化名中山二郎。」、「明治35年7月9日,兵庫縣縣知事報告稱,『據宮崎所言,孫逸仙因近日其妾去世頗為憂鬱······。』」