Kamichika Ichiko

Japanese: 神近市子 - かみちかいちこ

Born: June 6, 1888 in Nagasaki
[Died] August 1, 1981. Tokyo women's activist and politician. After the death of her father, a Chinese medicine doctor, she worked hard to graduate from Joshi Eigaku Juku (→ Tsuda University), and became a teacher at Aomori Prefectural Hirosaki Girls' High School, but resigned after being criticized for her involvement with Hiratsuka Raicho's Seitosha. In 1914, she became a reporter for the Tokyo Nichi Nichi Shimbun, and was active as a pioneer among women reporters. Her interest in the socialist movement led her to approach anarchist Osugi Sakae, and a love square involving Osugi's wife and Ito Noe developed into the Hikage Chaya Incident in 1916, when Kamichika stabbed Osugi and seriously injured him. After serving two years in prison, she married and had three children, but later divorced. After World War II, she ran for election to the House of Representatives as a member of the Japan Socialist Party and was elected, serving five terms (13 years) until she was 81 years old. During this time, he worked hard to enact anti-prostitution laws.

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Japanese:

[生]1888.6.6. 長崎
[没]1981.8.1. 東京
婦人運動家，政治家。漢方医だった父の死後，苦学して女子英学塾（→津田塾大学）を卒業，青森県立弘前高等女学校の教師となるが，平塚らいてうの青踏社とのかかわりを糾弾されて退職。1914年『東京日日新聞』の記者となり，婦人記者の草分けとして活躍する。社会主義運動への関心からアナーキスト（→アナーキズム）の大杉栄に接近，大杉の妻と伊藤野枝を巻き込んだ四角関係は，1916年に神近が大杉を刺して重傷を負わせるという日蔭茶屋事件に発展する。2年の実刑に服したあと結婚して 3児をもうけるが，のち離婚。第2次世界大戦後は日本社会党から衆議院議員選挙に出馬し当選，81歳まで 5期 13年の議員生活を送る。この間，売春防止法の制定などに尽力した。

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