Aikyoukai - Aikyoukai

Japanese: 愛郷会 - あいきょうかい

…Formally known as the Aikyo Juku, a self-run rural labor school. Tachibana, who dropped out of the First High School in 1915 and ran the "Kyoudai Mura Farm" on his own land near his hometown, founded the Aikyokai on November 23, 1929, saying, "Autumn has come when we must risk our lives to fight for the national transformation of all of Japan." In the midst of the rural depression at the time, he preached "patriotism" and held lectures throughout Ibaraki Prefecture, and by May 1932, the group had 29 branches and 400 members. …

From [Tachibana Kozaburo]

...From 1952, he gave lectures in the prefecture to enlighten rural youth, and learned about the reality of rural areas suffering from chronic recession. He began to advocate the salvation of rural areas and even the country through "solidarity among those who cultivate the land together." In 1954, he formed the Aikyokai Association with middle-ranking young people who resonated with him, in order to enlighten and put it into practice. In 1956, as part of the association's activities, he established the Aikyojuku School to train conscious "hardworking people who live on the good and righteous soil of Japan," and provided group education based on "landism, brotherhood, and laborism." ...

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Aikyoukai" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…正式には自営的農村勤労学校愛郷塾。1915年旧制第一高等学校を中退し，郷里にほど近い自家の所有地で〈兄弟村農場〉を経営していた橘は，29年11月23日，〈全日本の国民的改造の為に(中略)命を賭して戦ふべき秋が来た〉として，愛郷会を設立。折からの農村恐慌のなかで〈愛郷主義〉を唱え，茨城県下各地で講演会を開催，32年5月には支部29，会員400を擁するに至る。…

【橘孝三郎】より

…27年から農村青年の啓蒙のために県内を講演して，慢性的な不況に苦しむ農村の現実を知り，〈大地とともに耕やす者どうしの連帯〉を通しての農村，さらに国の救済を主張しはじめる。これに共鳴した中堅青年などと，その啓蒙と実践のため，29年愛郷会を結成した。31年同会の活動の一環として，自覚的な〈日本の正しくよき土の勤労生活者〉養成のため愛郷塾を設立，〈大地主義，兄弟主義，勤労主義〉に基づく集団教育を行った。…

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