Kyōko Asanuma
Japanese politician · Japan · On the map · Politicians · Lived 1904 to 1981 · aged 77
Kyoko Asanuma was a Japanese politician of the Shōwa era. She served one term as a member of the House of Representatives for the Japan Socialist Party (JSP) and played a prominent public role following the assassination of her husband, Inejirō Asanuma, then chairman of the JSP, by 17-year-old far-right...
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Inejirō Asanuma casts his ballot in the 1953 general election, with his wife Kyōko beside him, 19 April 1953.
Kyōko Asanuma and her daughter Kinue at Inejirō Asanuma's wake following his assassination, 12 October 1960. On his chest rests a mamori-gatana, a ceremonial knife traditionally placed on the deceased as a talisman to ward off evil spirits and protect the soul on its journey to the afterlife.
Kyōko at a press conference following news of Otoya Yamaguchi's suicide, 3 November 1960.
Kyōko Asanuma receives her parliamentary badge on her first visit to the Diet, 5 December 1960
Inejirō and Kyōko Asanuma with three studentsAbout this person
She served one term as a member of the House of Representatives for the Japan Socialist Party (JSP) and played a prominent public role following the assassination of her husband, Inejirō Asanuma, then chairman of the JSP, by 17-year-old far-right ultranationalist Otoya Yamaguchi, and after Yamaguchi’s suicide in custody shortly thereafter, she publicly expressed pity for him while condemning the forces that had incited his actions.
