MIBUCHI Yoshiko became Japan's first female lawyer
The NHK serial morning drama “Tora ni Tsubasa” will be broadcast from April 1 to September 28, 2024. The heroine of the drama (INOTSUME Tomoko), played by the actress ITO Sairi, is modeled after MIBUCHI Yoshiko, one of Japan's first female lawyers who graduated from Meiji University and later became a magistrate, a judge and a family court chief judge.It portrays her strong and yet flexible life as a pioneer of female legal professionals, who strived to open up the new era.
ITO Sairi and Meijiro
【 NHK Drama Introduction Page 】
Meiji University's School of Law and Women's Department are pioneers in women's legal training institutions
To open the doors to women who were eager to study law immediately, Meiji University established the Women's Department in April 1929 as one of its professional departments. In 1931, the graduates of the Women's Department were admitted to Meiji University’s schools. Consequently, MIBUCHI Yoshiko, NAKATA Masako, and KUME Ai, who studied in the Women's Department and the School of Law, became Japan's first three female lawyers. For some time, most female lawyers were graduates of Meiji University's Women's Department and the School of Law.Meiji University Museum holds the Tora ni Tsubasa Exhibition, sponsored by the NHK Foundation
MURAKAMI Kazuhiro, professor at the School of Law and director of the Center for the History of Meiji University, is involved in the drama as an advisor on its legal content. The Meiji University Museum is holding the Tora ni Tsubasa Exhibition (sponsored by the NHK Foundation) until October 28, 2024. Please visit the University Museum and experience the world of Tora ni Tsubasa through introduction panels, props and costumes used in the drama, life-size cutouts of the performers, the reproduced drama set, and other attractions.
【 Meiji university Museum official website 】
The exhibition at the entrance of the University Museum