Meiji Girls' School

Japanese: 明治女学校 - めいじじょがっこう

Kimura Abiko founded this girls' school in 1885 in Kojimachi, Tokyo, without the help of foreign missionaries, on the belief that the foundation of true education for women requires Christian faith that does not belong to any particular denomination. Kimura died the year after the school was founded, and Iwamoto Zenji took over. Among the teachers were Kitamura Tokoku, Shimazaki Toson, and Hirata Tokiki, who taught freedom and development and nurtured pioneers of women's liberation. They also sent out such notables as Hani Motoko and Soma Kokko. After Iwamoto left, the school fell into decline, and closed in 1913.

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Japanese:

木村鐙子が 1885年東京麹町に，真の女子教育の基礎は特定の教派に属さないキリスト教信仰を要するとして外国の宣教師の力をかりずに設立した女学校。創立の翌年木村が死亡したので巌本善治が引継いだ。教師には北村透谷，島崎藤村，平田禿木らがいて自由開発の教育を行い，婦人解放の先駆者を養成した。羽仁もと子，相馬黒光らを世に送った。巌本が去ったあとはふるわなくなり，1913年に閉校した。

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