Shoji Higashiura

Japanese: 東浦庄治 - ひがしうらしょうじ

Born: April 8, 1898 in Mie
[Died] September 2, 1949.
A leader of agricultural organizations in the Taisho and Showa periods, and an agricultural policy scholar. Graduated from the University of Tokyo (1923). Counselor of the Imperial Agricultural Association (36). Arrested for violating the Peace Preservation Law (43). After World War II, he became a member of the House of Councillors (47). He also served as chairman of the National Agricultural Mutual Aid Association, but was unable to adapt to the turbulent domestic and international situations and committed suicide. His books include An Introduction to Japanese Agriculture and A Theory of Japanese Agricultural Policy.

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Japanese:

[生]1898.4.8. 三重
[没]1949.9.2.
大正，昭和の農業団体の指導者で農政学者。東京大学卒業 (1923) 。帝国農会参事 (36) 。治安維持法違反で検挙 (43) 。第2次世界大戦後は参議院議員 (47) 。全国農業共済会会長としても活動したが，激動する内外情勢に対応できずに自殺。『日本農業概論』『日本農政論』などの著書がある。

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