Cochran, George

Japanese: カクラン - Ｃｏｃｈｒａｎ，Ｇｅｏｒｇｅ

Year of death: 1901.5.24(1901.5.24)
Born: January 14, 1834
He was the first missionary from the Canadian Methodist Church to come to Japan. After serving as the pastor of the Metropolitan Church in Toronto, he came to Japan in 1873. The following year, while preaching at the Union Church in Yokohama, he met Nakamura Masanao and was invited to teach at the Dojinsha in Koishikawa, Tokyo. In December of the same year, he baptized Nakamura. His wife also taught at the Dojinsha women's department for a time and contributed to the formation of the Koishikawa Band. However, the relationship between Nakamura and Caclan, who insisted that "missionaries should not be employed by the Japanese government or Japanese people and be in a position to obey them," eventually cooled. He returned to Japan temporarily in 1883. He returned to Japan in 1884 and founded the Toyo Eiwa School (the origin of Azabu Gakuen), where he devoted himself to theological education. He also contributed to the translation of the Old Testament into Japanese. After returning to Japan in 1891, he taught at the University of Southern California School of Theology. <References> Masao Takahashi “Keyu Nakamura”, A. Hamish Ion “The Cross and the Rising Sun”

(Rui Kohiyama)

Source: Asahi Japanese Historical Biography: Asahi Shimbun Publications Inc. About Asahi Japanese Historical Biography

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没年：1901.5.24(1901.5.24)
生年：1834.1.14
カナダ・メソジスト教会最初の来日宣教師。トロント市のメトロポリタン教会の牧師を勤めたのち,明治6(1873)年に来日。翌年,横浜のユニオン・チャーチで説教を行った際,中村正直を知り,招聘を受け,東京・小石川の同人社で教えるようになる。同年12月,中村に授洗。妻も一時同人社女子部で教え,「小石川バンド」の形成に貢献。しかし,「宣教師は,日本政府や日本人に雇われ,彼らに従う立場に立つことがあってはならない」と主張したカクランと中村の関係はやがて冷えた。同12年一時帰国。同17年に再来日,東洋英和学校(麻布学園の源流)を創立し,神学教育に尽力。旧約聖書の和訳にも貢献した。同26年に帰国後,南カリフォルニア大学神学部で教鞭を執った。<参考文献>高橋昌郎『中村敬宇』,A.Hamish Ion《The Cross and the Rising Sun》

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