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Doshisha
, mottoeng = Truth shall make you free , tagline = , established = Founded 1875,Chartered 1920 , vision = , type = Private , affiliation = , calendar = , endowment = €1 billion (JP¥169.6 billion) , debt = , rector = , officer_in_charge = , chairman = , chancellor = , president = Matsuoka Takashi , vice-president = Nobuhiro Tabata, Yasuhiro Kuroki, Tsutao Katayama, Takashi Nishimura , superintendent = , provost = , vice_chancellor = , principal = , dean = , director = , head_label = , head = , faculty = 2,357 (800 full-time, 1557 part-time) , staff = , students = , undergrad = 27,024 , postgrad = 2,298 , doctoral = , divinity = , residents = , other = , profess = , alumni ...
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Jo Niijima
(born ; 12 February 1843 – 23 January 1890), better known by his English name Joseph Hardy Neesima, was a Japanese Protestant missionary and educator of the Meiji era who founded Doshisha English School (later Doshisha University). He was the husband of Yamamoto Yaeko, a former soldier and nurse who served during the Boshin War, Russo-Japanese and Sino-Japanese War, who later founded Doshisha Girls' School. Early life He was born in Edo (present-day Tokyo), the son of a retainer of the Itakura clan of Annaka. His childhood name was . He attended Tokugawa Naval School from 1861. In 1864, laws on national isolation were still in effect in Japan, and Japanese people were not permitted to travel overseas without government permission. However, Niijima had read extensively on various rangaku topics, and was determined to come to America. At the age of 21, he entreated Captain William T. Savory, of Salem, Massachusetts, commander of the brig ''Berlin'', for safe pas ...
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Joseph Hardy Neesima
(born ; 12 February 1843 – 23 January 1890), better known by his English name Joseph Hardy Neesima, was a Japanese Protestant missionary and educator of the Meiji era who founded Doshisha English School (later Doshisha University). He was the husband of Yamamoto Yaeko, a former soldier and nurse who served during the Boshin War, Russo-Japanese and Sino-Japanese War, who later founded Doshisha Girls' School. Early life He was born in Edo (present-day Tokyo), the son of a retainer of the Itakura clan of Annaka. His childhood name was . He attended Tokugawa Naval School from 1861. In 1864, laws on national isolation were still in effect in Japan, and Japanese people were not permitted to travel overseas without government permission. However, Niijima had read extensively on various rangaku topics, and was determined to come to America. At the age of 21, he entreated Captain William T. Savory, of Salem, Massachusetts, commander of the brig ''Berlin'', for safe passage ...
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Ebina Danjo
Ebina Danjo (海老名 弾正) (September 18, 1856 May 22, 1937) was a Japanese educator and philosopher, as well as a Christian missionary and pastor. He was known for his "Shintoistic Christianity", and served as the president of Doshisha University. Biography Early life Ebina was born on September 18, 1856, in Yanagawa Domain, Chikugo province (modern-day Fukuoka Prefecture). He studied at the , where he was part of the group later known as the Kumamoto Band. He was baptized by Leroy Lansing Janes in 1876, after Japan's ban on Christianity was lifted in 1874. In autumn of 1876, Ebina transferred to Doshisha University, where he studied under Joseph Hardy Neesima. At Neesima's recommendation, in 1877 Ebina spent the summer in Annaka,  Kozuke Province working as a missionary. His sermons were well-received, and 50-60 young men would gather to listen to him. Ebina returned in 1878, and invited Neesima to come with him. He baptized 30 people, and they founded the .  ...
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Tasuku Harada
Tasuku Harada (December 20, 1863 – February 21, 1940) was a Japanese pastor and the president of Doshisha University from 1907 to 1919. Harada started the University of Hawaii's Japanese Studies department in 1922. Early life Harada was born in what is now Kumamoto, Japan in 1863. As a child he studied under Leroy Lansing Janes and converted to Christianity. He entered Doshisha University in 1880 and studied under Jo Niijima. He was baptized in 1881 and ordained as a pastor in 1885. He then served as the pastor of a church in Kobe until 1888. Harada then studied in America at the University of Chicago and Yale University, and graduated from the latter in 1890. He then went even further abroad to study in England and Germany. Harada had four children. Career In 1896 Harada returned to Japan and headed several churches, edited the Tokyo-based ''Christian World'', and continued travelling abroad. He then served as president of Doshisha University from 1907 to 1919, during whi ...
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Tokio Yokoi
Tokio Yokoi (December 3, 1857 – September 13, 1927) was a Japanese pastor, journalist, bureaucrat, and member of the Japanese House of Representatives. He was also known as Tokio Ise. Career Yokoi was born on December 3, 1857 in Higo province, which is now Kumamoto prefecture. He was the first son of Yokoi Shonan, a scholar and political reformer during the end of the Bakufu era. He was also related to Kanamori Michitomo, Tokutomi Soho, and Tokutomi Roka on his mother's side. Yokoi studied at the and was part of the Kumamoto Band while studying there. In 1876, he moved to Tokyo and entered the , but quickly transferred to Doshisha University. Yokoi graduated in 1879, was baptized by Joseph Hardy Neesima, and became a missionary in Imabari, Ehime. Yokoi's conversion to Christianity was not taken well by his family; his mother threatened to commit suicide from shame. In 1883 he returned to Kyoto to lead the with and Ebina Danjo, and others from the Kumamoto Band. ...
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Kotaro Shimomura
was a Japanese chemical engineer known for many famous inventions. Early life and education When about 12 years of age, he attended the Kumamoto Yogakko where American soldier Capt. L. L. James was engaged. In 1876, he was studying theology in Doshisha. He went to America in 1885 when 25 years of age, and he entered the Worcester Polytechnic Institute. He took the degree of B.S. He went to Johns Hopkins University where he worked in organic chemistry under Prof. Ira Remsen. He also obtained practical technique of Solvay in Bruxelles. Coke-oven and Coke manufacture Dr. Shimomura was the first to produce coke on a large scale in quality and hardness equal to best English and German coke by suitable blending of materials and suitable method of heating, which eventually superseded the foreign articles entire He erected the first by-product ovens in Japan, and when built and started, the enterprise was considered to be a reckless endeavor. But gradually the number of ovens has ...
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Seito Saibara
was a Japanese parliament member, politician, administrator, colonist, and farmer. Apart from his missionary activities, he is credited with having first established the rice industry on the Gulf Coast of the United States.Seito Saibara
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Ritsumeikan University
is a private university in Kyoto, Japan, that traces its origin to 1869. With the Kinugasa Campus (KIC) in Kyoto, and Kyoto Prefecture, the university also has a satellite called Biwako-Kusatsu Campus (BKC) and Osaka-Ibaraki Campus (OIC). Today, Ritsumeikan university is known as one of western Japan's four prestige private universities. "KAN-KAN-DO-RITS" 関関同立 (Kwansei Gakuin University, Kansai University, Doshisha University, and Ritsumeikan University) is the abbreviation that refers to the four leading private universities in the region of 20 million people. Ritsumeikan University is renowned for its International Relations (IR) and Science & Engineering departments, with the Graduate School of International Relations being the only Japanese member of the Association of Professional Schools of International Affairs. Ritsumeikan University has exchange programmes with schools throughout the world, including The University of British Columbia, The University of Melbou ...
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Yamamoto Kakuma
was a Japanese samurai of the late Edo period, who went on to become an educator and politician in the Meiji era. Biography A native of Aizu, Yamamoto claimed descent from the famed military strategist Yamamoto Kansuke. A child prodigy, he could read at age four, and recite Chinese ''Jueju'' poetry at age five. He was sent to Edo at age 22, to study with Katsu Kaishū, under the direction of Sakuma Shōzan, ''rangaku'' and modern military science. He returned to Aizu at age 28, and became an instructor of hōjutsu at the Nisshinkan, the Aizu domain's academy. In 1862, he was assigned to assist the Aizu Domain ''daimyō'' Matsudaira Katamori during the latter's tenure in Kyoto as ''Kyoto Shugoshoku.'' The situation in Kyoto was very unsettled, and Yamamoto fought against Chōshū Domain samurai during the Kinmon Incident on August 20, 1864. After the start of the Boshin War of the Meiji Restoration, he did not participate in the nearby Battle of Toba–Fushimi, but remained ...
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Veritas Vos Liberabit
"The truth will set you free" (Latin: ''Vēritās līberābit vōs'' (biblical) or ''Vēritās vōs līberābit'' (common), Greek: ἡ ἀλήθεια ἐλευθερώσει ὑμᾶς, trans. ''hē alḗtheia eleutherṓsei hūmâs'') is a statement which derives from John 8:32 in which Jesus Christ addressed a group of Jews who believed in him. Translations The English variant "And ye shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free" is carved in stone in the Original Headquarters Building (OHB) of the Central Intelligence Agency. The phrase is used as motto by many universities, colleges, and schools: Our Lady Seat of Wisdom College, Canterbury Christ Church University, University of Portland, Idaho State University, Ottawa University, St. Augustine's University, Southern Methodist University, University of Tennessee, Lafayette College, St Thomas College, Thrissur, Mar Ivanios College, Andhra Christian College, Catholic University of Uruguay, Catholic University ...
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Kansai University
, abbreviated as or , is a private non-sectarian and coeducational university with its main campus in Suita, Osaka, Japan and two sub-campuses in Sakai and Takatsuki, Osaka. Founded as Kansai Law School in 1886, It has been recognized as one of the four leading private universities in western Japan: , along with Kwansei Gakuin University, Doshisha University, and Ritsumeikan University. In 2013, the university was ranked eighth among Japanese private universities for "schools to which parents wish to send their child," and is ranked consistently in the top 10 in other categories as well. The athletic teams at Kansai University are known as the Kaisers and are primarily members of the Kansai Big 6. The Kansai-Kwansei Gakuin rivalry is a college rivalry between two universities located in Kansai, Japan. History Early history of Kansai University Origins The academic traditions of the university reach back to the Hakuensyoin ( 泊園書院), an Tokugawa shogunate (徳川幕府 ...
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Kyoto City
Kyoto (; Japanese: , ''Kyōto'' ), officially , is the capital city of Kyoto Prefecture in Japan. Located in the Kansai region on the island of Honshu, Kyoto forms a part of the Keihanshin metropolitan area along with Osaka and Kobe. , the city had a population of 1.46 million. The city is the cultural anchor of a substantially larger metropolitan area known as Greater Kyoto, a metropolitan statistical area (MSA) home to a census-estimated 3.8 million people. Kyoto is one of the oldest municipalities in Japan, having been chosen in 794 as the new seat of Japan's imperial court by Emperor Kanmu. The original city, named Heian-kyō, was arranged in accordance with traditional Chinese feng shui following the model of the ancient Chinese capital of Chang'an/Luoyang. The emperors of Japan ruled from Kyoto in the following eleven centuries until 1869. It was the scene of several key events of the Muromachi period, Sengoku period, and the Boshin War, such as the Ōnin War, the Honnō- ...
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