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.

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