Yoshiko Mibuchi
Japanese lawyer (1914-1984)
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
Yoshiko Mibuchi, sometimes given as Yoshiko Sanfuchi was born Yoshiko Mutoh in Singapore on November 13, 1914. 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 to 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.
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