[Meiji University Educational Corporation] One of Japan’s first female lawyers An event will be held on June 21st (Friday) where the mascot character “Masako Sensei”, modeled by Masako Nakata, will visit the museum of her alma mater, Meiji University!
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Press release: June 10, 2024
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One of Japan’s first female lawyers
An event will be held on June 21st (Friday) where the mascot character “Masako Sensei”, modeled by Masako Nakata, will visit the museum of her alma mater, Meiji University!
On June 21st, the Tottori Bar Association’s mascot character “Masako Sensei”, modeled after Masako Nakata, one of Japan’s first female lawyers who was active in Tottori Prefecture for a long time, will visit her alma mater, Meiji University. Friday) will be held at Meiji University Museum. Masako Nakata and her alumnus Yoshiko Mibuchi are the models for the first half of 2024’s serial TV novel “Tiger ni Tsubasa,” and are also among the first female lawyers in Japan who were also born from Meiji University.
On the day of the event, Masako Sensei will be presenting the exhibition “Wings for the Tiger” (organized by the NHK Foundation), which is a special exhibition introducing the world of serial TV novels, and the “Pioneer of female legal training – Meiji University Faculty of Law and Women’s Division” exhibition (Meiji University (sponsored by the Historical Materials Center). We are also planning a collaboration between Meiji University’s mascot characters Meijiro and Masako Sensei.
*Meiji University Museum special exhibition introduction page* https://www.meiji.ac.jp/museum/news/2024/mkmht0000015cia8.htm
* Dr. Masako Meiji University Museum visit event *
* Date and time * June 21, 2024 (Friday) 14:00-14:30
*Venue* Meiji University Museum entrance and special exhibition room (1-1 Kanda Surugadai, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 101-8301, Academy Common, B1F)
*Sponsored* Meiji University Historical Resource Center/Tottori Prefectural Bar Association
* Sponsored * Meiji University Alumni Association Tottori Prefecture Branch
*Continued* 1.Welcoming greetings from Kazuhiro Murakami, Director of the Meiji University Historical Resource Center and Professor of the Faculty of Law
2. Greetings from the Tottori Prefectural Bar Association Chairman (read by attorney Tamaki Adachi, who is a member of the bar
association)
3. Greetings from Attorney Toshihiro Taji of Iwata Godo Law Office (Attorney Masako Nakata used to belong to Iwata Office)
4. Commemorative photo (including inside the special exhibition room)
*Those who attend will be able to take a commemorative photo with Masako Sensei and Meijiro. No reservations are required.
* Participants * Kazuhiro Murakami, Professor, Faculty of Law (Director of the Meiji University History Center and in charge of legal analysis for the TV drama series “Wings for a Tiger”)
Tamaki Adachi Attorney (Tottori Prefecture Bar Association) Attorney Toshihiro Taji (Iwata Godo Law Office)
Dr. Masako (Tottori Bar Association mascot character)
Meijiro (Meiji University official character)
* -For inquiries regarding event content- *
Meiji University Museum Office (in charge) Yuki Abe
TEL: 03-3296-4329 MAIL: history@mics.meiji.ac.jp
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