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Reimeikai
was a Japanese "educational society" formed in Japan's Taishō period. The members declared themselves committed "to strive for the stabilization and enrichment of the life of the Japanese people in conformity with the new trends of the postwar world." In December 1918, the group was formed in order to sponsor public lectures. Its founders included Yoshino Sakuzō and Fukuda Tokuzō. Reimeikai's membership supported universal suffrage and freedom of assembly. Also, they advocated less restrictions on the right to strike. The group came together "to propagate ideas of democracy among the people." The group dissolved in 1920.Smith, It is not to be confused with the Owari Tokugawa Reimeikai Foundation, often just called the "Reimeikai Foundation". See also * Nitobe Inazo * Yosano Akiko Notes References * Marshall, Byron K. (1992). ''Academic Freedom and the Japanese Imperial University, 1868-1939.'' Berkeley: University of California Press. OCLC 25130703* Nussbaum, L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Owari Tokugawa Reimeikai Foundation
The is a private art museum, located on the former '' Ōzone Shimoyashiki'' compound in Nagoya, central Japan. Its collection contains more than 12,000 items, including swords, armor, Noh costumes and masks, lacquer furniture, Chinese and Japanese ceramics, calligraphy, and paintings from the Chinese Song and Yuan dynasties (960-1368). History Unlike many private museums in Japan, which are based on collections assembled in the modern era by corporations or entrepreneurs, the Tokugawa Art Museum houses the hereditary collection of the Owari branch of the Tokugawa clan, which ruled the Owari Domain in what is now Aichi Prefecture. The museum is operated by the Tokugawa Reimeikai Foundation, which was founded in 1931 by Yoshichika Tokugawa (1886–1976), 19th head of the Owari clan, in order to preserve the clan's priceless collection of art objects, furnishings, and heirlooms. Building architecture The architectural plan for the museum main building and southern archives were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yoshino Sakuzō
Yoshino may refer to: * Yoshino cherry, another name for ''Prunus × yedoensis'', a flowering cherry tree * Japanese cruiser ''Yoshino'', a protected cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy Places * Yoshino, Nara, a town located in Yoshino District, Nara Prefecture, Japan * Yoshino, Nan'yō, Yamagata, a small town in the north of Nanyo, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan * Yoshino, Tokushima, a former town located in Itano District, Tokushima, Japan * Yoshino District, Nara, a district located in Nara Prefecture, Japan * Yoshino-Kumano National Park, a Japanese national park comprising areas of Mie, Nara, and Wakayama Prefectures * Yoshino Mikumari Shrine, a Shinto shrine located on Mount Yoshino * Yoshino Mountain, a mountain located in the town of Yoshino in Nara Prefecture * Yoshino Province, an old province of Japan * Yoshino River, a river on the island of Shikoku, Japan * Yoshino Shrine, a Shinto shrine in Yoshino District, Nara Prefecture, Japan People Surname * Akira Yoshin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fukuda Tokuzō
Fukuda (written: ) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: *, Japanese long jumper *, Japanese historian of political thought *, Japanese singer *, Japanese politician *, Japanese feminist activist *, Japanese film director *, birth name of , member of J-pop group S/mileage *, Japanese speed skater *, photographer *Keiji Fukuda (born c. 1955), American physician with expertise in influenza epidemiology *, Japanese-American judo 10th dan *Koichi Fukuda, Japanese-American guitarist/keyboardist in Static-X *, Japanese mathematician *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese professional wrestler *, Japanese tennis player *, Japanese Actress *, Japanese animation director * Robert Fukuda (1922–2013), American politician and lawyer *, Japanese critic and philosopher *, Japanese sculptor and graphic designer *, Japanese classical guitarist *, Japanese basketball player and coach *, Japanese baseball player *, 67th Prime Minister of Japan *, Japanese politician *, Japanese ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nitobe Inazo
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 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 De ... See also: * Nitobeia {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yosano Akiko
Yosano Akiko (Shinjitai: , seiji: ; 7 December 1878 – 29 May 1942) was the pen-name of a Japanese author, poet, pioneering feminist, pacifist, and social reformer, active in the late Meiji era as well as the Taishō and early Shōwa eras of Japan. Her name at birth was . She is one of the most noted, and most controversial, post-classical woman poets of Japan. Early life Yosano was born into a prosperous merchant family in Sakai, near Osaka. From the age of 11, she was the family member most responsible for running the family business, which produced and sold yōkan, a type of confection. From early childhood, she was fond of reading literary works, and read widely in her father's extensive library. As a high school student, she began to subscribe to the poetry magazine ''Myōjō'' (Bright Star), of which she became a prominent contributor. ''Myōjō's'' editor, Tekkan Yosano, taught her ''tanka'' poetry, having met her on visits to Osaka and Sakai to deliver lectures and tea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harvard University Press
Harvard University Press (HUP) is a publishing house established on January 13, 1913, as a division of Harvard University, and focused on academic publishing. It is a member of the Association of American University Presses. After the retirement of William P. Sisler in 2017, the university appointed as Director George Andreou. The press maintains offices in Cambridge, Massachusetts near Harvard Square, and in London, England. The press co-founded the distributor TriLiteral LLC with MIT Press and Yale University Press. TriLiteral was sold to LSC Communications in 2018. Notable authors published by HUP include Eudora Welty, Walter Benjamin, E. O. Wilson, John Rawls, Emily Dickinson, Stephen Jay Gould, Helen Vendler, Carol Gilligan, Amartya Sen, David Blight, Martha Nussbaum, and Thomas Piketty. The Display Room in Harvard Square, dedicated to selling HUP publications, closed on June 17, 2009. Related publishers, imprints, and series HUP owns the Belknap Press imprint, whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
