Ebara Soroku - Ebara Soroku

He was a Shogunate official in the late Edo period, and a politician and educator in the Meiji and Taisho periods. He was born in Edo as the son of the bannerman Ebara Gengo. He studied Western-style artillery and became an officer in the Shogunate army, fighting against the new government forces in Shimousa Province during the Boshin War. He moved to Numazu when the Tokugawa family was transferred to Suruga, and was involved in the management of the Numazu Military Academy, which the Shizuoka Domain had established to train army officers. After the abolition of the domains and the establishment of prefectures, he worked to provide employment for samurai and promote industry in the Numazu region and Shizuoka Prefecture, and also devoted himself to education, serving as the principal of Shizuoka Normal School and Numazu Middle School. He was elected to the House of Representatives in 1890 (Meiji 23), and thereafter worked for many years as a representative belonging to the Liberal Party and the Rikken Seiyukai Party, becoming a member of the House of Peers in 1912. In Tokyo, he founded the private Azabu Middle School, and served as its principal for the rest of his life. He also became chairman of the Tokyo Young Men's Association, and was involved in a wide range of social causes, including the temperance movement, the anti-prostitution movement, and programs to reform delinquent youths, and was a prominent figure in the Christian world.

[Takehiko Higuchi March 19, 2018]

"New edition of 'The Biography of Professor Ehara Soroku' by Tsutomu Murata (1940, Sanseido)" ▽ "Reprint edition of 'The Biography of Professor Ehara Soroku' edited by the Ehara Biography Compilation Committee (1996, Ozorasha)" ▽ "'The Life of Ehara Soroku' by Shiro Kato (2003, Azabu Junior and Senior High School)"

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幕末の幕臣、明治・大正期の政治家、教育者。旗本江原源吾の子として江戸で生まれた。西洋流砲術を学び幕府陸軍の士官となり、戊辰戦争では下総(しもうさ)国で新政府軍と戦う。徳川家の駿河(するが)移封に従って沼津に移住し、静岡藩が陸軍将校の養成のために設立した沼津兵学校の経営に従事した。廃藩置県後は沼津地域や静岡県内で士族授産や殖産興業にとりくみ、静岡師範学校や沼津中学校の校長をつとめるなど、教育にも力を尽くした。1890年（明治23）衆議院議員に当選、その後長く自由党や立憲政友会に所属する代議士として活動、1912年には貴族院議員となった。東京では私立麻布中学校を創立し、その校長を生涯つとめた。また、東京基督(キリスト)教青年会理事長になったほか、禁酒運動や廃娼(はいしょう)運動、不良少年感化事業など、さまざまな社会事業に関与するなど、キリスト教界の名士としても幅広い活動を行った。

［樋口雄彦　2018年3月19日］

『村田勤著『江原素六先生伝』新版（1940・三省堂）』▽『江原先生伝編纂会委員編『江原素六先生伝』復刻版（1996・大空社）』▽『加藤史朗著『江原素六の生涯』（2003・麻布中学校・高等学校）』

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