Yoshiharu Tazawa

Japanese: 田沢義鋪 - たざわよしはる

Born: July 20, 1885 in Saga
[Died] November 24, 1944.
Educator. A representative leader of the Youth Association movement before World War II. Known as the "father of the Youth Association" in Japan. After graduating from the University of Tokyo in 1909, he worked as a Home Ministry bureaucrat and other positions before becoming a member of the Imperially Appointed House of Peers. Aiming to build an idealistic and moral nation, he worked to promote and develop the electoral cleansing movement and civic education. He also advocated "one person, one study" as a place for young people to live, train, and cultivate themselves communally in their hometowns, and devoted his energy to the Youth Association movement and youth education. He held important positions such as director of the Greater Japan Youth Association and director of the Japan Youth Center.

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[生]1885.7.20. 佐賀
[没]1944.11.24.
教育家。第2次世界大戦前の青年団運動の代表的指導者。日本の「青年団の父」と呼ばれる。 1909年東京大学卒業後，内務官僚などを経て，勅撰貴族院議員となる。理想主義的な道義国家の建設を目指し，選挙粛正運動や公民教育の普及と発展に努め，また，青年団を郷土における青年の自治的な共同生活・訓練・修養の場として「一人一研究」を提唱，青年団運動，青年教育に精力を注いだ。大日本連合青年団理事，日本青年館理事などの要職を兼任した。

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