Genrokuro Furuhashi

Japanese: 古橋源六郎 - ふるはしげんろくろう

1850‐1909 (Kaei 3‐Meiji 42)
A farm leader in the Meiji period. He was born into the seventh generation of the Furuhashi family, a powerful family of sake brewers and village headmen in Kitashitara County, Mikawa (Aichi Prefecture). He served as the head of Kitashitara County from 1878, working hard to develop local industries and promote social education, and served as the mayor of Inahashi Village from 1889 until his death, encouraging reforestation, tea production, sericulture, horse breeding, and savings. His father, Teruji, a dedicated farmer and loyalist to the emperor, had first held an agricultural conference in the prefecture, which he later organized throughout the buraku, village, and county, becoming the basis for the later Systematic Agricultural Associations. He worked to establish seedlings and agricultural training centers, was selected for important agricultural posts and promoted the agricultural group movement, and was on friendly terms with Shinagawa Yajiro and Soejima Taneomi, bringing new knowledge to his mountain village hometown.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

1850‐1909(嘉永3‐明治42)
明治期の農村指導者。三河(愛知県)北設楽郡の豪族といわれた酒造家･名主である古橋家の7代目に生まれた。1878年から北設楽郡長を務めて地域産業の開発や社会教化に尽力，89年から没時まで稲橋村村長を務め，植林･製茶･養蚕･産馬･貯蓄を奨励した。篤農で勤王家であった父暉児が県内ではじめて開催した農談会を，彼は部落･村･郡内に広く組織し，後の系統農会の母体とした。種苗所や農事講習所の設立に努め，農事関係の要職に選ばれて農業団体運動を促進したほか，品川弥二郎や副島種臣と親交があり，新知識を山村の郷里にもたらした。

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