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Yoshiko Mibuchi

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Yoshiko Mibuchi
Born
Yoshiko Mutoh

November 13, 1914
DiedMay 28, 1984
NationalityJapanese

Yoshiko Mibuchi (三淵 嘉子, Mibuchi Yoshiko, November 13, 1914 – May 28, 1984) was one of the first three women in Japan to become lawyers.

Biography

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Yoshiko Mibuchi, sometimes given as Yoshiko Sanfuchi was born Yoshiko Mutoh in Singapore on November 13, 1914.[1] At the time the definition of someone who could enter the modern legal profession in Japan was "A Male Japanese national" who must be at least twenty years old. This was not amended until 1933. It was 1936 before women were allowed enter the bar. So it was then that women began to take the exam for entrance to the bar. Mibuchi was one of the first three women, including Masako Nakata and Ai Kume, to pass the exam in 1938. The women started their studies of law from 1929 at Women's College, Meiji University. All three became fully qualified lawyers after an eighteen-month internship, in 1940. Mibuchi became one of the first two women judges in 1949 after the new constitution. She was the first woman judge in the Nagoya District Court in 1952. In 1972 Mibuchi went on to be the first woman chief judge of the Niigata Prefecture family court. She died May 28, 1984.[1][2][3][4][5]

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References

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  1. ^ a b "デジタル版 日本人名大辞典+Plus 「三淵嘉子」の解説". コトバンク (in Japanese). Kodansha. 2015. Retrieved 2024-04-28.
  2. ^ Hayashi, Yoko (1992). "Women in the Legal Profession in Japan". U.S.-Japan Women's Journal. English Supplement (2): 16–27. ISSN 1059-9770. JSTOR 42772032.
  3. ^ Buchanan, Kelly (6 March 2015). "Women in History: Lawyers and Judges | In Custodia Legis: Law Librarians of Congress". blogs.loc.gov.
  4. ^ "WOMEN'S IP TODAY | Third Issue 3" (PDF).
  5. ^ "Rikejo: Japan's Pioneering Women in Science". Tokyo Institute of Technology (in Japanese).
  6. ^ "解説:おさえておきたい「虎に翼」のこと タイトルの意味、寅子の名前の由来、"モデル"三淵嘉子の人生". Mantan-web. Retrieved April 17, 2024.
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