, also known as the , is a Western-style residence in Bunkyō, Tokyo commissioned in 1924 by

Ichirō Hatoyama was a Japanese politician who was Prime Minister of Japan from 1954 to 1956. A conservative, Hatoyama helped oversee the 1955 merger of the Liberal Party and the Democratic Party to create the Liberal Democratic Party (Japan), of which Hatoy ...

, and it was here that he helped form the present Liberal Democratic Party. The house and gardens are in the process of evolving into a museum commemorating the Hatoyama family's contributions to politics and education in Japan."55. Museum Review: Hatoyama Kaikan (Bunkyo-ku),"
November 18, 2008. The building's architect was Okada Shin'ichi, who also designed the Kabuki-za. The facade is composed of three bays in natural stone, with large French windows on the ground floor. On the first floor, the windows and doors fill the entire width of the building; the doors open inwards and there are narrow, French-style balconies. There are currently three memorial rooms open to the public, one dedicated to Ichiro, another to his wife Kaoru, and yet another to their son, Iichiro Hatoyama. In addition, the garden features sculptures of Kazuo Hatoyama and his wife, Haruko.

Hatoyama public figures

The Hatoyamas have been active participants in Japanese public life,Martin, Alex
"For Hatoyamas, politics is considered birthright,"
''Japan Times.'' July 14, 2009. including:

1st generation

Kazuo Hatoyama was the patriarchal head of the prominent Japanese Hatoyama political family which has been called "Japan's Kennedy family." Early life and education Hatoyama was born to a samurai family of the Katsuyama clan in present-day Minato, Tokyo ...

(1856 – 1911): Vice-Foreign Minister, speaker of the House of Representatives of the

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from 1896 – 1897,

University of Tokyo , abbreviated as or UTokyo, is a public research university located in Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan. Established in 1877, the university was the first Imperial University and is currently a Top Type university of the Top Global University Project b ...

professor, former principal of

Waseda University , mottoeng = Independence of scholarship , established = 21 October 1882 , type = Private , endowment = , president = Aiji Tanaka , city = Shinjuku , state = Tokyo , country = Japan , students = 47,959 , undergrad = 39,382 , postgrad ...

(1890 – 1907), father of

, and great-grandfather of

Yukio Hatoyama is a former Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan from 16 September 2009 to 8 June 2010. He was the first Prime Minister from the modern Democratic Party of Japan. First elected to the House of Representatives in 1986, Hat ...

and Kunio Hatoyama. * Haruko Hatoyama (1863 – 1938): Japanese

educator A teacher, also called a schoolteacher or formally an educator, is a person who helps students to acquire knowledge, competence, or virtue, via the practice of teaching. ''Informally'' the role of teacher may be taken on by anyone (e.g. whe ...

, co-founder of what is today Kyoritsu Women's University, mother of

, and great-grandmother of

and Kunio Hatoyama. Hatoyama and LDP leaders in Otowa Mansion

2nd generation

(1883 – 1959): Secretary of the Cabinet, Minister of Education and 52nd, 53rd and 54th

Prime Minister of Japan The prime minister of Japan (Japanese: 内閣総理大臣, Hepburn: ''Naikaku Sōri-Daijin'') is the head of government of Japan. The prime minister chairs the Cabinet of Japan and has the ability to select and dismiss its Ministers of Sta ...

, son of Kazuo and Haruko, father of Iichirō, and grandfather of Yukio Hatoyama and Kunio Hatayama. *

Kaoru Hatoyama was an educator and an administrator, the schoolmaster of Kyoritsu Women's University, which was founded by her mother-in-law, Haruko Hatoyama.Iichirō Hatoyama was a Japanese politician and diplomat. Between 1976 and 1977, he served as Foreign Minister under Prime Minister Takeo Fukuda. He was the son and father of two former Prime Ministers, Ichirō At end of the war, Iichirō was one of 6.6 million ...

(1918 – 1993): Foreign Minister of Japan in 1976 – 1977, grandson of Kazuo and Haruko, eldest son of Ichirō Hatoyama and father of Yukio Hatoyama and Kunio Hatayama. *

Yasuko Hatoyama was the wife of former Japanese Foreign Minister Iichirō Hatoyama and mother of former Prime Minister of Japan Yukio Hatoyama and Diet (Japan's bicameral legislature) member Kunio Hatoyama. Hatoyama funded the establishment of the Democratic Pa ...

(1922 – 2013): wife of Iichirō, mother of Kazuko, Yukio and Kunio

4th generation

(1947 – ):

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of Japan, leader of the

Democratic Party of Japan The was a centristThe Democratic Party of Japan was widely described as centrist: * * * * * * * to centre-left liberal or social-liberal political party in Japan from 1998 to 2016. The party's origins lie in the previous Democratic ...

, great-grandson of Kazuo and Haruko, grandson of Ichirō and Kaoru, son of Iichirō and Yasuko, and older brother of Kunio. *

Miyuki Hatoyama is the wife of former Prime Minister of Japan Yukio Hatoyama. Originally an actress by profession, Hatoyama later worked as a stylist, interior designer and cookbook author. In an interview, then Prime Minister-designate Yukio Hatoyama credited ...

(1943 – ), wife of Yukio. * Kunio Hatoyama (1948 – 2016): Japanese politician, former

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, ( Liberal Democratic Party), former Minister of Education, Labour, and

Justice Justice, in its broadest sense, is the principle that people receive that which they deserve, with the interpretation of what then constitutes "deserving" being impacted upon by numerous fields, with many differing viewpoints and perspective ...

, great-grandson of Kazuo and Haruko, grandson of Ichirō and Kaoru, son of Iichirō and Yasuko, and younger brother of Yukio.

5th generation

* Tarō Hatoyama (1974 – ): Japanese politician, former member of the

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and

New Renaissance Party The was a minor political party in Japan. History The NRP is the successor to the Reform Club (改革クラブ), founded by Hideo Watanabe and Hiroyuki Arai in August 2008. In April 2010, Yōichi Masuzoe, a former Minister of Health, Labour ...

candidate in the

2010 Japanese House of Councillors election House of Councillors elections were held in Japan on July 11, 2010. In the previous elections in 2007 the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) had lost its majority to the Democratic Party (DPJ), which managed to gain the largest margin since its for ...

, great-great-grandson of Kazuo and Haruko, great-grandson of Ichirō and Kaoru, grandson of Iichirō, eldest son of Kunio and Emily, and nephew of Yukio.

Notes

References

* Itoh, Mayumi. (2003). ''The Hatoyama Dynasty: Japanese Political Leadership through the Generations,'' New York: Palgrave Macmillan. ;

External links

Hatoyama Hall official website

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