Tase Matsunaga was a validated Japanese supercentenarian who was the oldest known living person in Japan at the time of her death.
BIOGRAPHY
Tase Matsunaga was born in Kiyosato in Niigata Prefecture, Japan, on 11 May 1884. She married at the age of 27 and had six children, raising them while working in agriculture. After her husband’s death, she moved to Tokyo to live near her daughter. In 1983, she entered a care home.
She enjoyed eating and often said that this contributed to her longevity. She liked salty foods and would put soy sauce on many dishes. Her favorite foods were tuna sashimi and salted salmon.
In her later years, she became mostly bedridden, but she continued to speak words of thanks to the people around her. On 31 July 1998, she became the oldest recognized living person in Japan.
Later that same year she died of heart failure at age 114 years, 191 days.
RECOGNITION
At the time of her death, she was the second-oldest validated living person in the world, behind Sarah Knauss.
ATTRIBUTION
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Undated photo. source: Gerontology Wiki
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