Sakakibara, Chiyo (1898-1987)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1987 Jun 18 p. 3

Birth date: 1898

text of obituary:

Japanese Educator Dies at 88 in Tokyo

Tokyo (MWC) — Chiyo Sakakibara, 88, a Japanese Mennonite educator and politician, died here April 28.

Born in 1898 in Shizuoka Ken, she was married in 1927 to Gan Sakakibara, Japan's foremost Anabaptist scholar, who survives. Also surviving are one son, three daughters (all living in North America) and eight grandchildren.

Before marriage, she was a reporter for Fujin no Tomo, a monthly magazine for intellectual women. In 1947, she was elected as a representative to the national Diet (Japan's parliament) and served as vice minister of law.

She served as board member and also as administrator of Ferris Women's College and served on the alumni board of Aoyama University. She was a member of the founding University, and until her death served as an honorary member of the board of that school.

She was a member of the Honan Cho Mennonite Church in Tokyo, where a memorial service was held May 10.

The Mennonite obituary: 1987 Jul 14 p. 304