著者

坂根 治美 Osami Sakane 仙台大学 Sendai College

出版者

仙台大学学術会

雑誌

仙台大学紀要 = Bulletin of Sendai College (ISSN:03893073)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.30, no.2, pp.61-71, 1999-03-01

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Kiryu Koto Kogyo Gakko Fuzoku Kogyo Hoshu Gakko was established in 1921 (Taisho 10) as 2 years' night school mainly for factory hands in Kiryu textile industry. Prior to the establishment of this school, the importance of Shuyo (cultivation of character) of the factory hands for economic development was often claimed in the articles of a local magazine. Five councilors of this school who taught 'business common sense' were the mainstays of Kiryu textile industry. Three of them were graduates of Tokyo Koto Kogyo Gakko and they played important roles in the Shuyoshugi education in their own companies. Hirotaro Nishida, the schoolmaster of this school, had close cooperation with the Kiryu textile circles and he was discontented with the economic condition of Kiryu textile industry. So he encouraged the students to cultivate their character and to get ahead in the world and to develop the Kiryu textile industry, and almost all of the graduates of this school continued to work within Kiryu district. Thus this school functioned as a route of introduction and expansion of Shuyoshugi in Kiryu district.