Kizaki Summer College

Japanese: 木崎夏期大学 - きざきかきだいがく

...In addition, the three Nishina Lakes, Lake Aoki, Lake Nakatsuna, and Lake Kizaki, are located in the north of the city and are tourist destinations. Kizaki Summer College, located on the shores of Lake Kizaki, was founded in 1917 and is the oldest in Japan. [Ichikawa Takeo]...

From Masaharu Kato

…His major works include “Bankruptcy Law Studies” (11 volumes), “Bankruptcy Law Essentials” and “Civil Procedure Law Essentials.” In 1918, he established the Shinano Tsuzoku Daigakukai Foundation with Gosuke Imai, Shinpei Goto and others, and started the Kizaki Summer University (the first in Japan to be organized by an educational association) on the shores of Lake Kizaki in Omachi City, Nagano Prefecture, making contributions to social education. He took the name Saisui after the Sai River in his hometown, and was an avid haiku poet, as well as an accomplished painter and calligrapher. …

*Some of the terminology used in reference to "Kizaki Summer College" is listed below.

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Japanese:

…また市の北部には青木湖，中綱湖，木崎湖の仁科三湖があり，観光地になっている。木崎湖畔にある木崎夏期大学は，1917年の設立で，日本で最も古い歴史をもつ。【市川健夫】。…

【加藤正治】より

…主要著作に《破産法研究》(全11巻)，《破産法要論》《民事訴訟法要論》等がある。1918年に今井五助，後藤新平らとともに財団法人信濃通俗大学会をつくり，長野県大町市の木崎湖畔に木崎夏期大学(教育会主催のものとしては日本で最初)の事業を始めるなど，社会教育の面でも功績があった。郷里の犀（さい）川にちなんで犀水と号し俳句をよくし，また書画にも長じた趣味人でもあった。…

※「木崎夏期大学」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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