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(Redirected from Yoko Kishi) Japanese calligrapher and political matriarch (1928–2024)
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Yōko Abe
安倍 洋子
BornYōko Kishi
(1928-06-11)11 June 1928
Nakano, Tokyo, Japan
Died4 February 2024(2024-02-04) (aged 95)
Tokyo, Japan
Alma materShirayuri Gakuen Senior High School [ja]
Spouse Shintaro Abe ​ ​(m. 1951; died 1991)​
Children
Parents

Yōko Abe (安倍 洋子, Abe Yōko), born Yōko Kishi (岸 洋子, Kishi Yōko), 11 June 1928 – 4 February 2024) was a Japanese calligrapher. She was a member of the Japanese Satō–Kishi–Abe family.

Biography

Born on 11 June 1928, Yōko Abe was the eldest daughter of Nobusuke Kishi, the widow of Shintaro Abe, and the mother of Hironobu, Shinzo Abe, and Nobuo Kishi.

Known for her calligraphy, she was considered to be the "Godmother" of the Kishi-Abe family (a Japanese political family for three generations), and had long been the leader of the wives of members of Seiwa Seisaku Kenkyūkai. She was called the "Godmother of the World of Politics" because she had many followers in politics.

Yōko Abe died on 4 February 2024, at the age of 95.

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
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  3. 桐山正寿 (17 March 2009). "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 25 March 2016.
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  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. 4 August 2014. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
  7. "安倍元総理の母、安倍洋子さんが死去". FNN. 4 February 2024. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
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