Unosuke Kawamoto

Japanese: 川本宇之介 - かわもとうのすけ

1888-1960 An educator from the Taisho to Showa periods.
Born on July 13, 1888. After serving as the principal of Tokyo School for the Deaf and the National School for Education of the Deaf, in 1951 he became the head of the Konodai branch of Tokyo University of Education and a lecturer at the same university. He worked to make education for physically and mentally disabled children compulsory. He studied the pronunciation and vocalization of deaf children and published works such as "A Detailed Explanation of Education for the Deaf" and "New Lectures on Language Education for the Deaf." He passed away on March 15, 1960. He was 71 years old. He was from Hyogo Prefecture. He graduated from Tokyo Imperial University.

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Japanese:

1888－1960　大正-昭和時代の教育者。
明治21年7月13日生まれ。東京聾唖(ろうあ)学校長,国立聾教育学校長をへて昭和26年東京教育大国府台(こうのだい)分校主事兼同大講師となる。心身障害児教育の義務化につくす。聾児の発音,発声などを研究して「聾唖教育学精説」「聾言語教育新講」などをあらわした。昭和35年3月15日死去。71歳。兵庫県出身。東京帝大卒。

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