Yōko Abe

Yōko Abe
安倍 洋子
Born
Yōko Kishi

(1928-06-11) 11 June 1928 (age 95)
Nakano, Nakano, Tokyo, Empire of Japan
NationalityJapanese
Alma materShirayuri Gakuen Senior High School
Spouse
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(m. 1951; died 1991)​
Children
Parents
The Abe family in 1956 (left to right): Yōko and her second son Shinzo, her husband Shintaro and her eldest son Hironobu

Yōko Abe (安倍 洋子, Abe Yōko), born Yōko Kishi (岸 洋子, Kishi Yōko) on 11 June 1928,[1] is the eldest daughter of Nobusuke Kishi, the widow of Shintaro Abe and the mother of Hironobu, Shinzo Abe and Nobuo Kishi.[2] She is also known as a calligrapher.[3] She is like the "God Mother" of the Kishi-Abe family (a Japanese political family for three generations),[4] had long been the leader of the wives of members of Seiwa Seisaku Kenkyūkai,[5] and is called the "God Mother of the World of Politics" because she has many followers in politics.[6]

Works

  • 『わたしの安倍晋太郎：岸信介の娘として』（ネスコ、1992年）

Honors

References

  1. ^ 首相動静・2016年6月11日 時事通信　「母親の洋子さんの米寿祝いパーティ」の記述あり
  2. ^ "［人物略歴］安倍洋子氏＜故・安倍晋太郎氏の妻＞". 毎日新聞・東京朝刊. 1994-04-03. p. 4. - 毎索にて閲覧
  3. ^ 桐山正寿 (2009-03-17). "矢萩春恵さん：文化庁長官表彰を350人が祝う 長年の書業をたたえ". 毎日新聞・東京夕刊. p. 4. 会場には書家、門人の元首相、安倍晋三さんの母・安倍洋子さんをはじめ、… - 毎索にて閲覧
  4. ^ "絶頂の一族 プリンス・安倍晋三と六人の「ファミリー」". 講談社. Retrieved 2016-03-25.
  5. ^ "安倍新総裁の母、78歳の高齢でも息子に演説法指導". 中央日報日本語版. 2006-09-22. Retrieved 2016-03-25.
  6. ^ "安倍首相の母・洋子さん モンゴルで対北朝鮮交渉の驚愕情報". NEWSポストセブン/小学館. 2014-08-04. Retrieved 2016-03-25.