Tsunesaburo makiguchi biography definition
Tsunesaburo makiguchi biography definition
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Tsunesaburō Makiguchi
Educator and founding president of Soka Gakkai
Tsunesaburō Makiguchi (牧口 常三郎, Makiguchi Tsunesaburō; 23 July 1871[1][2] (lunar calendar date 6 June) – 18 November 1944) was a Japanese educator who founded and became the first president of the Sōka Kyōiku Gakkai (Value-Creating Education Society), the predecessor of today's Soka Gakkai.
Early life and career
Makiguchi was born in the small village Arahama of Kashiwazaki, Niigata Prefecture, Japan, on 23 July 1871 (lunar calendar date 6 June).[3] After his father abandoned the family and his mother attempted to kill both herself and Makiguchi by drowning, he was adopted by an uncle, Makiguchi Zendayu.[3] About age 14 he moved to Hokkaido to live with another uncle, Watanabe Shiroji.[3] Working his way through school, he graduated from Sapporo Normal School (today's Hokkaido University of Education) in 1893.[3] First employed as an assistant