Takinosuke Yamamoto

A social educator from the Meiji to early Showa periods. He advocated and promoted the Youth Association (Youth Association) movement. Born on November 15, 1873 in Kusabuka Village, Numakuma County, Hiroshima Prefecture (now Fukuyama City). After graduating from elementary school, he worked as an elementary school teacher and other positions, while in 1890 (Meiji 23), he formed the "Kouyukai" (Friends Association) with volunteer young people from the village and started the Youth Association movement. In 1896, he self-published "Countryside Youth," and through his writings and lectures, he advocated the establishment of a Youth Association with the aim of raising awareness and improving rural youth to compete with students and other urban youth. He sought to improve the entertainment-centered nature of previous rural youth organizations such as "Wakarenchu," and to contribute to improving customs and promoting practical morality through evening meetings, agricultural studies, joint work, and athletic meets organized by the Youth Association. These activities and opinions were in line with the policy of the Ministry of Home Affairs and the Ministry of Education at the time to integrate rural youth, and encouraged the formation of youth groups in various regions and the Greater Japan Federation of Youth Associations in 1925 (Taisho 14).

[Tetsuo Aoki]

"Complete Works of Takinosuke Yamamoto, edited by Tatsujiro Kumagai, 1 volume (1931/Reprint edition, 1985, Japan Youth Center)"

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明治～昭和初期の社会教育家。青年団（青年会）運動の提唱・推進者。明治6年11月15日広島県沼隈(ぬまくま)郡草深(くさぶか)村（現、福山(ふくやま)市）に生まれる。小学校卒業後、小学校教員などを勤めながら、1890年（明治23）村の青年有志で「好友会」をつくり、青年団運動を開始。1896年『田舎(いなか)青年』を自費出版したのをはじめ、著述や講演によって、学生など都会の青年に伍(ご)しての農村青年の自覚と向上を目的として青年会の設立を主張した。従来の「若連中」などの農村の青年組織が娯楽中心であったのを改善し、青年会による夜学会、農事学習、共同作業、運動会などを通して風俗改良や実践道徳の振興に資することを図った。こうした活動や主張は当時の内務省や文部省の農村青年統合の方針とも合致して、各地の青年団や1925年（大正14）の大日本連合青年団の結成を促した。昭和6年10月26日没。

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『熊谷辰治郎編『山本滝之助全集』全1巻（1931／復刻版・1985・日本青年館）』

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