Inazo Nitobe - Nitobe Inazo

Educator and agricultural policy scholar. Born in Morioka (Morioka City, Iwate Prefecture) on September 1, 1862. After attending the Tokyo English School, he graduated from Sapporo Agricultural College in 1881 (Meiji 14). While studying there, he was baptized along with Uchimura Kanzo and others, and became a Christian. He entered the University of Tokyo in 1883, but was not satisfied, so he dropped out the following year in 1884 and went to study in the United States. While studying abroad, he was appointed assistant professor at Sapporo Agricultural College, and then went on to study agricultural policy in Germany. He returned to Japan in 1891 and became a professor at the same school. In 1901 (Meiji 34), he was appointed engineer at the Taiwan Governor's Office, and participated in the industrial development project. In 1906, he became principal of the First Higher School, a position he held for seven years. From 1909, he taught colonial policy as a professor at Tokyo Imperial University. In 1918 (Taisho 7), he became president of Tokyo Woman's Christian University. On the other hand, driven by his belief in "becoming a bridge across the Pacific," he worked hard for international understanding and world peace as Under-Secretary-General of the League of Nations (1920-1926) and Chairman of the Japan Institute of Pacific Relations (1929-1933). After attending the Pacific Conference held in Canada in 1933 (Showa 8), he fell ill and died there on October 16 of the same year. He was not only a pioneer in agricultural policy and colonial policy theory in Japan and famous as the first doctor of agriculture, but also an idealistic and personalist thinker and an exceptional leader who influenced students' ideas and personalities, and also had a great influence on many young men and women through his writings. His main works include "Agriculture in General" (1898), "Bushido" (1900), and "Cultivation" (1911).

[Yoshikazu Mihara March 19, 2018]

"The Complete Works of Nitobe Inazo" 23 volumes, supplementary volume 2 (1969-2001, Kyobunkan)" ▽ "Tokyo Woman's Christian University Nitobe Inazo Study Group, edited, "Nitobe Inazo Studies" (1969, Shunjusha)" ▽ "Nitobe Inazo by Matsukuma Toshiko (1969/on-demand version, 2010, Misuzu Shobo)" ▽ "Suzuki Norihisa, editor, "Collection of Essays on Nitobe Inazo" (Iwanami Bunko)"

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教育家、農政学者。文久(ぶんきゅう)2年9月1日、盛岡（岩手県盛岡市）に生まれる。東京英語学校を経て、1881年（明治14）札幌農学校卒業。同農学校在学中、内村鑑三(うちむらかんぞう)らとともに受洗し、キリスト者となる。1883年東京大学に入学するも飽き足らず、翌1884年退学し、アメリカに留学。留学中、札幌農学校助教授に任ぜられ、農政学研究のためさらにドイツに留学。1891年帰国し、同校教授となる。1901年（明治34）台湾総督府技師に任ぜられ、殖産事業に参画。1906年第一高等学校校長となり、7年間在職。1909年より東京帝国大学教授として植民政策を講じる。1918年（大正7）東京女子大学学長。一方、「太平洋の橋たらん」との信念のもとに、国際連盟事務次長（1920～1926）あるいは太平洋問題調査会理事長（1929～1933）として、国際理解と世界平和のために活躍した。1933年（昭和8）カナダで開かれた太平洋会議に出席したあと病を得て、同年10月16日同地にて死去。日本における農政学、植民政策論の先駆者であり、最初の農学博士として著名であるのみならず、理想主義、人格主義の思想家であり、たぐいまれな指導者として、学生・生徒に思想的、人格的感化を与え、さらに著述を通して多くの青年男女に大きな影響を与えた。主著に『農業本論』（1898）、『武士道』（1900）、『修養』（1911）などがある。

［三原芳一　2018年3月19日］

『『新渡戸稲造全集』23巻、別巻2（1969～2001・教文館）』▽『東京女子大学新渡戸稲造研究会編『新渡戸稲造研究』（1969・春秋社）』▽『松隈俊子著『新渡戸稲造』（1969／オンデマンド版・2010・みすず書房）』▽『鈴木範久編『新渡戸稲造論集』（岩波文庫）』

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