Tome Horigome
- Full name: Tome Horigome, [Japanese: 堀籠とめ]
- Lifespan: 1857-01-22 – 1968-11-14
- Age: 111 years, 297 days
- Birthplace: Furukawa, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan
- Last residence: Nakaniida Town, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan
- Application date: 2016-03-19
- Validation date: 2021-04-17
- Validation source: MHLW Japan/Takeo Inishie
Biography
Tome was born in a farmhouse in Furukawa, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan on 22 January 1857. In 1875, at the age of 18, she was adopted by the Horigome’s family. Next year, at the age of 19, she married. She gave birth to the youngest child in 1898. Although she gave birth to four children, the three of them died when they were young. Only the youngest child survived.
At the age of 100, she still had good sight and hearing. She was able to clean up the house before breakfast and to take care of her great-grandson.
Tome Horigome died in Nakaniida Town (present-day Kami), Miyagi Prefecture, Japan on 14 November 1968 at the age of 111 years, 296 days.
Validation
The supercentenarian case of Tome Horigome was verified by MHLW Japan , Takeo Inishie and validated by the Gerontology Research Group on 17.03.2021.
