Iwamoto Yoshiharu Profile

Iwamoto Yoshiharu Profile - Iwamoto Yoshiharu (1863-1942), also known as Iwamoto Zenji, was early and prominent advocate of women's education in Meiji Japan.

Born in Izushi in Izushi Domain, now part of Hyogo Prefecture, Iwamoto as the second son of Inoue Tobei. At the age of six he was adopted into the maternal line under Iwamoto Hanji. He began his education by Nakamura Masanao in 1876 at Nakamura Dojinsha school, where he learned English, in 1880 he advanced to Tsuda Sen Friends School to study agriculture. In 1882 he took a place at the school Kimura Kumaji to study Christian theology. He was baptized in 1883.

In 1885, in collaboration with the Kondo KENZO, Iwamoto long publishing career began with the Journal of Women's Education. There, and after that, Iwamoto wrote expressly to advocate changes in Japanese society with respect to the role of women in society. He called for better education for women, the expansion of their civil rights, and to refoundation marriage out of love and respect between husband and wife. To be clear, though, he believes that a woman's place is in the home - they will be educated to run an efficient, hygienic, and economical home so as to raise children who are intelligent, moral, and service-minded.

Started in 1885 to help establish Iwamoto and taught at Meiji School Girls' in Kojimachi, Tokyo Tsuda Umeko, Kimura KENZO, Shimada Saburo, and Tada Umachi. Iwamoto Yoshiharu Profile