Yoshiharu Iwamoto

Educator and critic. Born in Tajima Province (Hyogo Prefecture). His real surname was Inoue, and he was adopted by Chinese poet Iwamoto Kotojo (?-1903) at a young age. He studied under Nakamura Masanao and Tsuda Sen, and was baptized in 1883 (Meiji 16). He published Jogaku Shinshi in 1884, and launched a new Jogaku Zasshi in July 1885, contributing to the early women's liberation movement in Japan. In September of the same year, he was invited to become a teacher at Meiji Girls' School, which was founded by the couple Kimura Kumaji (1845-1927) and Tou (1848-1886). In 1885, he married Wakamatsu Shizuko, who later became known for her translation of "The Little Prince." In 1892, he became the principal of Meiji Girls' School, and put into practice a liberal idealistic education based on Christian faith, as described in "Our Party's Education for Women" (1892). After the school closed, he turned to business. His edited work "Kaishū Zadan" (1930) beautifully captures the image of a leader from the end of the Edo period to the Meiji era, as well as Kaishu's character, as told through the mouth of Katsu Kaishu. The violinist Iwamoto Mari is his granddaughter.

[Shizuko Hashizume]

"Mokui" by Soma Kokko (1936, Josei Jidaisha/Reprinted in 1977 by Hosei University Press)

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教育家、評論家。但馬(たじま)国（兵庫県）生まれ。本姓井上、幼時、漢詩人巌本琴城（？―1903）の養子となる。中村正直(まさなお)、津田仙に学び、1883年（明治16）受洗。1884年『女学新誌』を出したが、1885年7月新たに『女学雑誌』を創刊して日本の初期婦人解放運動に貢献した。かたわら同年9月に木村熊二(くまじ)（1845―1927）・鐙(とう)（1848―1886）夫妻により創設された明治女学校教員に迎えられ、1885年、のちに『小公子』の翻訳で知られる若松賤子(しずこ)と結婚、1892年明治女学校校長となって、『吾党之女子教育』（1892）に著されたようなキリスト教信仰を基盤とする自由主義的理想主義教育を実践した。同校廃校後は実業方面に転じた。彼の編になる『海舟座談(かいしゅうざだん)』（1930）は、勝海舟の口を通して語られる幕末から明治にかけての為政者の姿と海舟の人間像をみごとにとらえている。バイオリニスト巌本真理は孫である。

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『相馬黒光著『黙移』（1936・女性時代社／復刊・1977・法政大学出版局）』

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