Kan Abe
安倍 寛
Born(1894-04-29)29 April 1894
Nagato, Empire of Japan
Died30 January 1946(1946-01-30) (aged 51)
Tokyo, Occupied Japan
NationalityJapanese
OccupationPolitician
Years active1928–1946
SpouseShizuko Hondō
ChildrenShintarō Abe
Parent(s)Ayasuke Abe
Tame Abe
RelativesHironobu Abe (grandson)
Shinzō Abe (grandson)
Nobuo Kishi (grandson)
Kan Abe and his wife Shizuko

Kan Abe (安倍 寛, Abe Kan, 29 April 1894 – 30 January 1946) was a Japanese politician who served in the House of Representatives from 1937 to 1946. He was the father of former Foreign Minister Shintaro Abe and the grandfather of former Prime Minister Shinzō Abe.

Life

Abe was born on 29 April 1894, in Heki (present-day Nagato), Yamaguchi Prefecture, the eldest son of Abe Hyōsuke and his wife Tame.[1][2] The Abe family was a prominent family of landowners and sake and soy sauce brewers in Heki who had served as nanushi (village heads) in the Edo period.[3] His father was from the Mukunoki family, a prominent family in Ōtsu, who was adopted into his wife's family upon marriage.[1][4] Both his parents died by the time he was four, after which he was raised by his aunt Yoshi.[1][2] Abe graduated from Tokyo Imperial University, the predecessor of the University of Tokyo.

Abe stood as a Seiyūkai Party candidate in the February 1928 general election but lost; he was appointed village mayor of Heki in 1933 and later served in the Yamaguchi prefectural assembly. He was elected to the House of Representatives as an independent candidate in the February 1937 general election. He earned the nickname "New Shōin" or "Shōwa Shōin" in honor of the earlier leader from Yamaguchi, Yoshida Shōin.[5]

In the 1942 general election, he ran on a platform opposing the militarist government under Hideki Tojo, which had by this time taken away most powers from the Diet. The Tojo cabinet had attempted to block antiwar candidates from running through a registration system, notwithstanding which Abe won a Diet seat, which he used for an attempt to oust Tojo and end World War II. Abe was assisted in this effort by Takeo Miki, who became prime minister after the war.[6]

Abe died of a heart attack in January 1946 while preparing to run in the first post-war general election.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Abe, Hironobu; 安倍寬信. (2020). Abe ke no sugao : abe ke chōnan ga kataru kazoku no nichijō. Odessēshuppan. pp. 115, 118, 228. ISBN 978-4-8470-7015-0. OCLC 1230106662.
  2. 1 2 Matsuda, Ken'ya; 松田賢弥 (2015). Zetchō no ichizoku : purinsu, Abe Shinzō to rokunin no "famirī". p. 116. ISBN 978-4-06-219434-1. OCLC 904234605.
  3. ↑ Aoki, Osamu; 青木理 (2017). Abe sandai. Asahi Shimbun. p. 18. ISBN 978-4-02-331543-3. OCLC 969707251.
  4. ↑ Nogami, Tadaoki; 野上忠興 (2004). Kikotsu : Abe Shinzō no DNA. Kōdansha. p. 44. ISBN 4-06-212308-8. OCLC 59128195.
  5. ↑ "＜金口木舌＞「美しい国」の断絶". 琉球新報. May 2, 2013. Retrieved January 15, 2014.
  6. ↑ "Japanese prime minister's another DNA". Dong-A Ilbo. October 28, 2013. Retrieved January 15, 2014.


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