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, established in 1949.

History

The vocational predecessor of the school was founded in 1886. The name "Kyoritsu", meaning "standing together" in Japanese, came from the fact that 34 people were involved in the foundation of the school; among them were educator

Haruko Hatoyama was a Japanese educator of the Meiji, Taishō and Shōwa periods, and the matriarchal head of the prominent Japanese Hatoyama political family which has been called "Japan's Kennedy family." She was a co-founder of what is today Kyoritsu Wome ...

, Kyuichiro Nagai (the father of writer Kafu Nagai), and educator Seiichi Tejima.

Mission

The founding of Kyoritsu marked the very beginning of women's higher education in Japan: To recognize the need to "educate modern women in knowledge and skills, and to elevate the position of women in society."

Facilities

Kyoritsu Kodo is the school's 2,010-capacity auditorium. The auditorium has been used for concerts, hosting bands such as

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Exchanges

The university has established exchanges and links with other international institutions of higher education—for example, the

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Notable associates

Faculty

Kaoru Hatoyama was an educator and an administrator; she was the schoolmaster of Kyoritsu Women's University, which was founded by her mother-in-law, Haruko Hatoyama.schoolmaster A schoolmaster, or simply master, is a male school teacher. The usage first occurred in England in the Late Middle Ages and early modern period. At that time, most schools were one-room or two-room schools and had only one or two such teacher ...

at the university founded by her mother-in-law, Haruko. (Kaoru was the wife of

Ichirō Hatoyama was a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan, prime minister of Japan from 1954 to 1956. During his tenure he oversaw the formation of the Liberal Democratic Party (Japan), Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and restored official ...

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.)"55. Museum Review: Hatoyama Kaikan (Bunkyo-ku),"
November 18, 2008. Kyoritsu Girls' School alumni and a contemporary of Kaoru,

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often lectured at the school in the 1930s and 1940s.

Alumni

Noriko Iriyama (born 1 August 1985 in the former Urawa, Saitama) is a Japanese actress and model. She graduated from Kyoritsu Women's University in 2008. Filmography Film * '' Happy Flight'' (2008) * ''Kōfuku no Alibi'' (2016) * ''The Flower in the Sky'' ( ...

, actress *

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, actress *

Yoko Moriguchi is a Japanese actress. She made her film debut with '' Tora-san Goes Religious?'' in 1983. Filmography Film * '' Tora-san Goes Religious?'' (1983) * '' Final Take'' (1986) * ''Chichi'' (1988) * ''Kacho Shima Kosaku'' (1992) * '' Unloved'' (20 ...

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, artist

References

Notes

* Kobayashi, Kei, Tetsurō Kitamura, Noriyuki Ito and Maki Tamada. (1992). . Tokyo: Nihon Vogue
OCLC 28872477

External links

Official website
* WikiMapia
Kyoritsu-Kodo (Auditorium)
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