Yukako Hagiwara

Yukako Hagiwara
萩原 幽香子
Member of the House of Councillors for the Hyōgo at-large district
In office 1968–1974
Preceded by	Multi-member constituency
Succeeded by	Multi-member constituency
Director of Social Education [ja] of Hyogo Prefecture
Personal details
Born	(1911-04-11)11 April 1911
Died	10 October 2007(2007-10-10) (aged 96)
Political party	Democratic Socialist Party
Alma mater	Akashi Women's Normal School

Yukako Hagiwara (萩原 幽香子, Hagiwara Yukako, 11 April 1911 – 10 October 2007) was a Japanese politician who served one term as a Democratic Socialist Party member of the House of Councillors. Prior to her election, she had worked in primary and secondary education, serving as director of social education [ja] of the Hyogo Prefectural Board of Education [ja] and as principal of Ōhiro Elementary School [ja].

Biography

Yukako Hagiwara, a native of Hyōgo Prefecture, was born on 11 April 1911.[1][2] She graduated from Akashi Women's Normal School [ja] in 1931.[2] After graduating, she worked at an elementary and junior high school in Hyōgo Prefecture, and she served as principal of Ōhiro Elementary School [ja] and as director of social education [ja] of Hyōgo Prefectural Board of Education [ja].[3][2]

Hagiwara joined the Democratic Socialist Party (DSP), and she served as the head of the Women's and Youth Bureau of the party's Hyogo Prefecture branch.[3] In the 1968 Japanese House of Councillors election, she ran as a DSP candidate from the Hyōgo at-large district and was elected.[4] However, she did not win re-election at the 1974 Japanese House of Councillors election,[5] and her bid for election to the Hyōgo 4th district [ja] in the 1976 Japanese general election was also unsuccessful.[6] In 1981, she was awarded the Order of the Precious Crown, Third Class.[7]

Hagiwara was also a writer. Among her publications are Yukako (幽香子, 1975), Donaishimahyo (どないしまひょ, 1977; lit. 'What should we do?'), Otto yukite (夫逝きて, 1981; lit. 'My husband passed away'), Kurashi o tsudzuru (暮らしをつづる, 1983; lit. 'Writing about life'), Nozomashī oya to wa (のぞましい親とは, 1984; lit. 'What are desirable parents?'), and Toki ni wa nogiku no gotoku toki ni wa himawari no yō ni (時には野菊の如く時には向日葵のように, 1993; lit. 'Sometimes like a wild chrysanthemum, sometimes like a sunflower').[8]

Hagiwara died on 10 October 2007 at the age of 96 due to acute respiratory failure.[9] On the day of her death, she was promoted to Senior Fifth Rank.[10]

Publications

• Hagiwara, Yukako (1951). 十字架を背負うもの:婦人校長の手記. Kyōgaku Kenkyūsha.
• Hagiwara, Yukako (1960). 伸びゆく婦人. Mirume Shobō.
• Hagiwara, Yukako (1975). 幽香子:自叙伝. Yukako Hagiwara.
• Hagiwara, Yukako (1977). どないしまひょ:男と女・嫁姑の身上相談. Kobe Shimbun Publishing Center.
• Hagiwara, Yukako (1981). 続・自叙伝夫逝きて. Hagi Hoikuen.
• Hagiwara, Yukako (1983). Bun o kaku okāsan no kai (ed.). 暮らしをつづる:「おかあさん」の25年. Kobe Shimbun Publishing Center.
• Hagiwara, Yukako (1984). Bun o kaku okāsan no kai (ed.). 暮らしをつづる:「おかあさん」の25年 続. Kobe Shimbun Publishing Center.
• Hagiwara, Yukako (1984). のぞましい親とは. Fuji Social Education Center.
• Hagiwara, Yukako (1993). 時には野菊の如く時には向日葵のように. Yoshitake Insatsu.

References

1. 「現代物故者事典」総索引 : 昭和元年～平成23年 1 (政治・経済・社会篇). 日外アソシエーツ株式会社. 2012. p. 970.
2. 議会制度百年史 - 貴族院・参院議員名鑑. 大蔵省印刷局. 1990. p. 384.
3. 現代物故者事典 2006～2008. 日外アソシエーツ. 2009. p. 499.
4. 朝日選挙大観. 朝日新聞社. 1997. p. 596.
5. "兵庫選挙区 - 第10回参議院議員選挙（参議院議員通常選挙）1974年07月07日投票". 選挙ドットコム (in Japanese). Retrieved 18 November 2023.
6. "兵庫4区 - 第34回衆議院議員選挙（衆議院議員総選挙）1976年12月05日投票". 選挙ドットコム (in Japanese). Retrieved 18 November 2023.
7. "?". Kanpō Gōgai (35). National Printing Bureau: 1. 8 May 1980.
8. "萩原 幽香子". Webcat Plus. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
9. "元民社党参院議員の萩原幽香子さん死去". 朝日新聞. 11 October 2007. Archived from the original on 13 October 2007. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
10. "?". Kanpō (4705). National Printing Bureau: 10-11. 8 November 2007.