Tsuneteru Miyagawa - Tsuneteru Miyagawa

Japanese: 宮川経輝 - みやがわ・つねてる

Year of death: February 2, 1936
Year of birth: January 17, 1857 (February 11, 1857)
One of the first Protestant pastors in Japan. Born as the son of a priest in Aso, Higo (Kumamoto Prefecture), he studied Chinese classics as a child. In 1872, he entered the Kumamoto Foreign School. Influenced by LL Janes, he became a central figure in the so-called "Kumamoto Band," which signed the "Mission Statement" with 34 comrades including Ebina Danjo at Hanaokayama outside Kumamoto Castle in 1876. After graduating from the Foreign School, he entered Doshisha University with his comrades in the band. After graduating, he became vice principal of Doshisha Girls' School (Doshisha Women's College), and from 1882 he dedicated his life to pastoral evangelism as the pastor of the Osaka Church for 43 years. During his tenure, his missionary territories included Korea, northeastern China (Manchuria), Hawaii, and the west coast of the United States. He has written many books, including "New Economic Theory," a translation of economics lectures by DW Learned, which he himself attended, "Living Christ," and "One Hundred Stories on Pastoral Care." Together with Hiromichi Ozaki and Ebina, he was one of the three elders of the United Church of Christ in Japan.

(Hara Makoto)

Source: Asahi Japanese Historical Biography: Asahi Shimbun Publications Inc. About Asahi Japanese Historical Biography

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没年：昭和11.2.2(1936)
生年：安政4.1.17(1857.2.11)
日本プロテスタント初代の牧師のひとり。肥後(熊本県)阿蘇の神官の子として生まれ,幼少時漢籍を学ぶ。明治5(1872)年,熊本洋学校に入学。L.L.ジェーンズの感化を受け,同9年,熊本城外の花岡山で海老名弾正ら同志34人と共に「奉教趣意書」に署名した,いわゆる「熊本バンド」の中心人物。洋学校卒業後,バンドの同志と共に同志社に入学。卒業後,同志社女学校(同志社女子大)の教頭を経て同15年から43年間,大阪教会の牧師として牧会伝道に生涯を捧げた。在任中の伝道領域は朝鮮,中国東北部(満州),ハワイ,アメリカ西海岸におよんだ。著書は,自ら受講したD.W.ラーネッドの経済学講義の翻訳『経済新論』をはじめ,『活基督』『牧会百話』など多数。小崎弘道,海老名と共に日本組合基督教会三元老と呼ばれた。<参考文献>高橋虔『宮川経輝』

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