Nobukichi Yamazaki

An agrarian ideologist from the Meiji to Showa periods. His name is pronounced "Nobuyoshi" and his pen name was Ganousei. He was born in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture. He attended the Fourth Higher School and then graduated from the College of Agriculture, Tokyo Imperial University. After serving as head teacher at agricultural schools in Fukushima Prefecture and Osaka Prefecture, he became the principal of Aichi Prefectural Agricultural and Forestry School in Anjo Village, Hekikai County, Aichi Prefecture (now Anjo City) in 1901 (Meiji 34). He also held the position of Director of the Agricultural Experiment Station of Aichi Prefecture. He felt a sense of crisis about the decline of agriculture and rural society, and after the Russo-Japanese War he published a plan to improve it, titled "Rural Self-Government," in "Research on Rural Self-Government" (1908). In 1920 (Taisho 9), he resigned from his public post in Aichi Prefecture and became the chief executive of the Imperial Agricultural Association. He conceived of "rural planning" to correspond to urban planning, and gave lectures throughout the country under the name of the "Koson Angya" (Pilgrimage for Revitalizing Villages). In 1928 (Showa 3), he became a member of the House of Representatives. During the Showa period, he advocated the "Farmer's Way" (Noumin-do), which explained the role that farmers should play in the nation. After World War II, he worked hard to realize the Aichi Irrigation System.

[Yoji Okada]

"The Complete Works of Yamazaki Nobukichi, 7 volumes (1935-1936, Yamazaki Nobukichi Complete Works Publishing Association)" ▽ "Yamazaki Nobukichi: Rethinking Agrarian Thought" by Adachi Ikutsune (1992, Libroport) ▽ "Yamazaki Nobukichi, Agrarianist: The Imperial Nation and Regional Development" by Okada Yoji (2010, Michitani)

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明治から昭和期の農本(のうほん)主義者。別訓は「のぶよし」。号は我農生(がのうせい)。石川県金沢生まれ。第四高等中学校を経て、東京帝国大学農科大学卒業。福島県や大阪府の農学校の主席教諭を務めたのち、1901年（明治34）、愛知県碧海(へきかい)郡安城(あんじょう)村（現、安城市）の愛知県立農林学校校長。同時に愛知県農事試験場長等を兼任。農業・農村社会の衰退に危機感をもち、日露戦争後には「農村自治」としてその改善策を『農村自治の研究』（1908）で発表した。1920年（大正9）、愛知県の公職を辞して、帝国農会主席幹事。都市計画に対応する「農村計画」を構想し、全国で「興村行脚(こうそんあんぎゃ)」の名のもとに講演。1928年（昭和3）衆議院議員。昭和期になると農民が国家で果たす役割を説いた「農民道(のうみんどう)」を提唱。第二次世界大戦後は、愛知用水の実現に尽力した。

［岡田洋司］

『『山崎延吉全集』全7巻（1935～1936・山崎延吉全集刊行会）』▽『安達生恒著『山崎延吉　農本思想を問い直す』（1992・リブロポート）』▽『岡田洋司著『農本主義者山崎延吉　"皇国"と地域振興』（2010・未知谷）』

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