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

Ichirō Hatoyama was a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan, prime minister of Japan from 1954 to 1956. During his tenure he oversaw the formation of the Liberal Democratic Party (Japan), Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and restored official ...

, and it was here that he helped form the present

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. The house and gardens are in the process of evolving into a museum commemorating the

Hatoyama family The Hatoyama family is a prominent Japanese political family which has been called "Japan's Kennedy family." Ichirō Hatoyama and Yukio Hatoyama served as a Prime Minister of Japan The is the head of government of Japan. The prime minister ...

's contributions to politics and education in Japan."55. Museum Review: Hatoyama Kaikan (Bunkyo-ku),"
November 18, 2008. The building's architect was Shinichirō Okada, who also designed the

Kabuki-za in Ginza is the principal theater in Tokyo for the traditional ''kabuki'' drama form. History The Kabuki-za was originally opened by a Meiji era journalist, Fukuchi Gen'ichirō. Fukuchi wrote kabuki dramas in which Ichikawa Danjūrō IX and o ...

. 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 a Japanese lawyer and politician who served as Speaker of the House of Representatives from 1896 to 1897. He was the patriarch of the prominent Hatoyama family, father of Prime Minister Ichiro Hatoyama, great-grandfather of Prime Minister ...

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

Diet of Japan , transcription_name = ''Kokkai'' , legislature = 215th Session of the National Diet , coa_pic = Flag of Japan.svg , house_type = Bicameral , houses = , foundation=29 November 1890(), leader1_type ...

from 1896 – 1897,

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professor, former principal of

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(1890 – 1907), father of

, and great-grandfather of

Yukio Hatoyama is a Japanese retired politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan and Leader of the Democratic Party of Japan from 2009 to 2010. He was the first Prime Minister from the modern Democratic Party of Japan. First elected to the House of Repre ...

and

Kunio Hatoyama was a Japanese politician who served as Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications under Prime Ministers Shinzō Abe and Yasuo Fukuda until 12 June 2009. Biography Kunio Hatoyama was born in Tokyo in 1948. He was a son of Yasuko Hatoya ...

. *

Haruko Hatoyama was a Japanese educator of the Meiji, Taishō and Shōwa periods, and the matriarchal head of the prominent Japanese Hatoyama political family which has been called "Japan's Kennedy family." She was a co-founder of what is today Kyoritsu Wome ...

(1863 – 1938):

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, co-founder of what is today

Kyoritsu Women's University is a private university, private women's college in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan, established in 1949. History The vocational predecessor of the school was founded in 1886. The name "Kyoritsu", meaning "standing together" in Japanese, came from the fa ...

, mother of

, and great-grandmother of

and

Hatoyama and LDP leaders in Otowa Mansion

2nd generation

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

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

Kaoru Hatoyama was an educator and an administrator; she was 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 Career In 1946, he returned to the Ministry of F ...

(1918 – 1993):

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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 Par ...

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

4th generation

(1947 – ):

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, leader of the

Democratic Party of Japan The was a Centrism, centristThe Democratic Party of Japan was widely described as centrist: * * * * * * * to Centre-left politics, centre-left, Liberalism, liberal or Social liberalism, social-liberal List of political parties in Japan, ...

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

Miyuki Hatoyama is married to the 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 cred ...

(1943 – ), wife of Yukio. *

(1948 – 2016): Japanese politician, former

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, (

), former

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, Labour, and

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, 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 Japan Renaissance Party (), founded by Hideo Watanabe and Hiroyuki Arai in August 2008. In April 2010, Yōichi Masuzoe, a former Minister of Health, Labour and Wel ...

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 fo ...

, 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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