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Noguchi Yuka
Noguchi Yuka (, March 17, 1866 (1 February Keiō 2)–27 January 1950 (Shōwa period, Shōwa 25)) was a Japanese woman educator for preschool education and a social entrepreneur. Before 1900s Born on 1 February 1866 (Keio 2) in Himeji Shimizu (present Himeji, Hyogo prefecture), Yuka's father Noguchi Iyashi was a feudal retainer of the Harima clan, her mother Kuri a daughter of a Confucian scholar of the clan, and her younger brother Noguchi Magoichi (1869–1915) was an architect. In 1890 (Meiji 23), Noguchi Yuka graduated from Tōkyō Shihangakkō Joshibu (literary Women's College of Tokyo Normal School, present Ochanomizu University), and took up a position at the kindergarten attached to her alma matar as an assistant teacher. In 1894 (Meiji 27), she was transferred to a kindergarten newly established as attached to Kazoku jogakkō, a girls' school for daughters of the imperial and aristocrat families. One day on her way to her office, she saw a child in poor clothes play on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Himeji
260px, Himeji City Hall is a city located in Hyōgo Prefecture in the Kansai region of Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 525,682 in 227,099 households and a population density of 980 persons per km². The total area of the city is . Geography Himeji is located in the central western part of the Harima Plain in the western part of Hyogo Prefecture, and is the central city of the Harima region of the prefecture. The Ichikawa River is located in the central eastern part of the city, and the Senba River and Noda River are located in the center. The Ieshima Islands in the Seto Inland Sea are within the city limits and are located off the coast of Harima Bay. The city is surrounded by the mountains and the sea. Neighbouring municipalities Hyōgo Prefecture * Kakogawa * Takasago * Kasai * Tatsuno * Shisō * Taishi * Kamikawa * Ichikawa Climate Himeji has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen climate classification ''Cfa'') with hot summers and cool winters. Sum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
