Yoshiyasu Ogawa

Japanese: 小川義綏 - おがわ・よしやす

Year of death: December 19, 1912
Year of birth: Tempo 2 (1831)
A Christian pastor in the Meiji period. The eldest son of a farmer in Musashi Province's Tama District (Fuchu City). In 1863, he went to Yokohama in search of a new life. Through an introduction by missionary JH Barra, he became D. Tamson's Japanese teacher and helped translate the Bible into Japanese. In 1869, he was baptized by Tamson. He became an elder at the first Protestant church, the Church of Christ in Japan (established in 1872, with Barra as temporary pastor), and also became an elder the following year when the Tokyo Church of Christ was established (with Tamson as temporary pastor). He preached in his hometown. In the same year, he was ordained as the first Japanese pastor. He worked at Ushigome (Ushigome Harakatacho) Church and Asakusa (Ikebukuro Nishi) Church, baptizing more than 1,300 people. <References> Kyoichi Matsuoka, "A Brief Biography of Ogawa Yoshisu" (Tama Bunka, No. 5)

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没年：大正1.12.19(1912)
生年：天保2(1831)
明治時代のキリスト教牧師。武蔵国多摩郡(府中市)の農家の長男。文久3(1863)年に新生活を求めて横浜に行く。宣教師J.H.バラの紹介でD.タムソンの日本語教師になり,聖書の日本語訳の手伝いをする。明治2(1869)年にタムソンから受洗。最初のプロテスタント教会である日本基督公会(1872年建立,バラ仮牧師)の長老に,さらに翌年に東京基督公会(タムソン仮牧師)が建立されたときも長老になる。郷里伝道をする。同10年には,按手礼を受けて日本人で最初の牧師となる。牛込(牛込払方町)教会,浅草(池袋西)教会で働き1300人以上に洗礼を施す。<参考文献>松岡喬一「小川義綏略伝」(『多摩文化』5号)

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