Janes - Le Loya Janes

Japanese: ジェーンズ - じぇーんず(英語表記)Le Loya Janes
Janes - Le Loya Janes

An American educator who was the father of the Kumamoto Protestant group, the Kumamoto Band. He was a Civil War veteran and an artillery captain, but in 1871 (Meiji 4), at the recommendation of Verbeck, he came to Japan as a teacher at the Kumamoto Foreign School, where he provided a strict education in the style of the United States Military Academy (West Point). At the same time, he held Bible lectures at his home, and one year later, he had fostered a group of students with strong faith. Among his students were Ebina Danjo, a representative Christian leader in the Meiji and Taisho periods, and Tokutomi Soho, a representative modern journalist and critic. His Christianity is said to have been strongly ethical and practical. He later transferred to the Osaka English School, returned to Japan for a time, and returned to Japan in 1893 (Meiji 26) to serve as an English teacher at the Third High School.

[Shinji Kanai February 16, 2018]

[References] | Danjo Ebina | Kumamoto Band | Soho Tokutomi | Verbeck

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

熊本のプロテスタント・グループ熊本バンドの生みの親となったアメリカ人教育者。南北戦争歴戦の勇士で、砲兵大尉であったが、1871年(明治4)フルベッキの勧めで熊本洋学校教師として来日、アメリカ陸軍兵学校(ウェスト・ポイント)式の厳しい教育を行った。同時に自宅で聖書講義を開き、1年後には強固な信仰のグループを育成するに至った。このなかには、明治・大正期のキリスト教の代表的指導者海老名弾正(えびなだんじょう)、近代の代表的ジャーナリストで評論家徳富蘇峰(とくとみそほう)らがいた。彼のキリスト教は倫理的実際的色彩の強いものであったといわれる。のち大阪英学校に転じ、いったん帰国後1893年(明治26)に再来日し、第三高等学校の英語教師を務めた。

[金井新二 2018年2月16日]

[参照項目] | 海老名弾正 | 熊本バンド | 徳富蘇峰 | フルベッキ

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