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Nitobe Memorial Museum
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Nitobe is the surname of a Japanese Samurai family and refers to: * Nitobe Inazō ** ''Nitobe Bunka College'', named after Inazō ** '' Nitobe Memorial Garden'', named after Inazō * Nitobe Jūjirō * Nitobe Koretami * Nitobe Tsutō See also: * Nitobeia Nitobeia is a genus of tephritid or fruit flies in the family Tephritidae The Tephritidae are one of two fly families referred to as fruit flies, the other family being the Drosophilidae. The family Tephritidae does not include the biologica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nitobe Inazō
was a Japanese people, Japanese author, educator, agricultural economist, diplomat, politician, and Protestantism, Protestant Christians, Christian during the late Meiji (era), Meiji era. Early life Nitobe was born in Morioka, Iwate, Morioka, Mutsu Province (present-day Iwate Prefecture). His father Nitobe Jūjirō was a retainer to the local ''daimyō'' of the Nanbu clan. His grandfather is Nitobe Tsutō. His great-grandfather is (Koretami). One of his cousins is . His infant name was Inanosuke. Nitobe left Morioka for Tokyo in 1871 to become the heir to his uncle, Ōta Tokitoshi, and adopted the name Ōta Inazō. He later reverted to Nitobe when his older brother Nitobe Shichirō died. Educational career Nitobe was in the second class of the Sapporo Agricultural College (now Hokkaido University). He was converted to Christianity under the strong legacy left by William S. Clark, the first Vice-Principal of the College, who had taught in Sapporo for eight months before Nitobe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nitobe Bunka College
is a private junior college in Nakano, Tokyo, Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north .... The precursor of the school was founded in 1927, and it was chartered as a junior college in 1950. In 2010 the college was renamed after its first president Inazo Nitobe (presidency: 1928–1933). References External links * in Japanese Private universities and colleges in Japan Educational institutions established in 1927 Universities and colleges in Tokyo Japanese junior colleges 1927 establishments in Japan {{tokyo-university-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nitobe Memorial Garden
The Nitobe Memorial Garden is a -acre (one hectare) traditional Japanese garden located at the University of British Columbia, just outside the city limits of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It is part of the UBC Botanical Garden. Background The garden honours Japanese author, educator, diplomat, and politician Nitobe Inazō (1862–1933), who died in Victoria, British Columbia (now the sister city of Nitobe's home town Morioka), and whose goal was "to become a bridge across the Pacific". The garden has been the subject of more than fifteen years' study by a UBC professor, who believes that its construction hides a number of impressive features, including references to Japanese philosophy and mythology, shadow bridges visible only at certain times of year, and positioning of a lantern that is filled with light at the exact date and time of Nitobe's death each year. The garden is behind the university's Asian Centre, which is built with steel girders from Japan's exhibit a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nitobe Jūjirō
Nitobe Jūjirō (新渡戸 十次郎, 1820 – 1868)Iwate Historical Biography Committee.岩手県姓氏歴史人物大辞典1998, pp. 288-289. was a samurai of Morioka of the late Edo period. His father was Nitobe Tsutō.Iwate Historical Biography Committee.岩手県姓氏歴史人物大辞典1998, pp. 971-974. His sons were Shichirō and Inazō. Life Nitobe was born in Hanamaki on July 20, 1820. His father was Tsutō (傳). His posthumous name was Tsunenori(常訓). When Jūjirō was just born, Jūjirō's grandfather Koretami bought the anger of the Morioka Domain and Koretami was exiled to Tanabe. In 1857, Jūjirō was appointed ''Sanbongi Shinden Goyogakari'' (new rice field affairs official in Sanbongi). He worked with his father to cultivate and successfully got water to flow into the irrigation canal called the Ina River. In 1860, he planned a new town called Inaoi-chō (now part of Towada) using a four-way grid pattern, divided into 12 neighborhoods. This was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nitobe Koretami
Nitobe Koretami (新渡戸 維民, 1769 – 1845)Iwate Historical Biography Committee.岩手県姓氏歴史人物大辞典1998, p. 289. was a samurai of the Morioka clan during the late Edo period. He was a martial arts scholar. Life Nitobe Koretami was born in 1769. He was called Eikichi (栄吉) in his childhood.Kokusho Kankōkai, 1981. pp. 110–112 After he attained adulthood, he was also called Minji (民司) and Heiroku (平六). He was called Denzō(伝蔵) in his second half of life and later called Chiō(痴翁). His father was Tsuneyoshi(常贇),Iwate Historical Biography Committee.岩手県姓氏歴史人物大辞典1998, pp. 971-974. and his mother was Oei (おゑい, daughter of Ōta Hidenori (太田秀典) of Hanamaki). When these parents got married, the Nitobe family received about 11 Koku. And even when his sister got married, the Nitobe family gave her husband's family a substantial amount of dowry. However, in his era, the Nitobe family was greatly ups and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nitobe Tsutō
Nitobe Tsutō (新渡戸 傳, 1793 – 1871)Iwate Historical Biography Committee.岩手県姓氏歴史人物大辞典1998, p. 289. was a samurai of Morioka of the late Edo period. He was Martial arts scholar. Life Nitobe Tsutō was born on December 9, 1793 at Hanamaki Castle.Kokusho Kankōkai, 1981. pp. 103–108 His another name was Nueta (縫太). His father was Koretami(維民). His posthumous name was Tsunezumi(常澄). His Go (pen name) was Taiso(太素). Nanbu Toshitaka's reforms were that there was no death penalty, and even those who committed serious crimes were in prison. As a result, there were significant violence and frequent complaints from the people. One day he met a castle keeper. At that time, he told this castle keeper that he was ready to go on a business trip at any time, and listened loudly where thousands of peasants were in trouble. There was no prospect of being told, and when he continued to push up even if he talked about one thing, he told his opin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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