Tane Ikai
| Tane Ikai | |
|---|---|
| Native name | 猪飼 たね |
| Born |
18 January 1879 Kansei, Aichi, Japan[1] |
| Died |
12 July 1995 (aged 116 years, 175 days) Nagoya, Japan |
Cause of death | Kidney failure |
| Children | 4 children |
Tane Ikai (猪飼 たね Ikai Tane, 18 January, 1879 – 12 July 1995)[2] was a Japanese supercentenarian who was, at her death, the oldest person ever from Japan. She was the first person from Japan verified to have celebrated a 116th birthday.
Tane Ikai was born on 18 January 1879 in the village of Kansei, Aichi Prefecture (now part of Minato-ku, Nagoya). She was the third daughter of six children of a farming family. She married at age 20, had three sons and a daughter, and separated from her husband when she was 38 in 1917. She entered a nursing home at the age of 89 in 1968. In 1988, at the age of 109, she suffered a stroke and was moved to a hospital, where she remained bedridden for the rest of her life.[1]
Ikai became Japan's oldest person at the age of 113 in 1992 following the death of 114-year-old Waka Shirahama. She outlived all of her children and died on 12 July 1995, aged 116 years and 175 days. An autopsy indicated that she died of kidney failure.[1]
See also
- List of the verified oldest people
- List of Japanese supercentenarians
- National longevity recordholders
- Oldest people
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Maier (2010) pp. 294-295
- ↑ Associated Press (14 July 1995). "Oldest Japanese Dies at Age 116". Tulsa World (NewsBank). pp. F3. Retrieved 2008-12-13.
References
- Maier, Heiner (2010). Supercentenarians. Springer. p. 323. ISBN 3-642-11519-5.
| Records | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Waka Shirahama |
Oldest Japanese person ever 14 April 1993 – 27 August 2014 |
Succeeded by Misao Okawa |