Tōkyō Joshi Daigaku
The Tokyo Woman's Christian University ( Japanese 東京女子大学 Tokyo Woman's Christian University, dt "University for Women Tokyo", in short. 東女 , Tonjo ; Engl. Tokyo Woman's Christian University ) is a private, Protestant oriented university for women in Suginami -ku of Tokyo .
Overview
The Tōkyō Joshi Daigaku was founded in 1918 by the presbyter missionary August Karl Reischauer (1879-1971), by Nago Hampei (長尾 半 平; 1865-1936) and colleagues. The following year, Nitobe Inazō was elected first president. He was followed in 1924 by Yasui Tetsu (安井 て つ; 1870-1945), the first female president of a Japanese university.
In 1948 the college was developed into a four-year university. The university is divided into two faculties: Faculty of Fine Arts and Science, Faculty of Culture and Communication.
In 2020 there were 6,200 students enrolled.
Graduates
- Sawako Ariyoshi (1931–1984), writer
- Akiko Dōmoto (born 1932), governor
- Jakuchō Setouchi (* 1922), writer
- Yumiko Takahashi , development worker
Remarks
- ↑ Inscription on the main building: Quaecumque sunt vera - about all of this is true .
- ^ AK Reischauer was the father of the Japanologist Edwin O. Reischauer .
literature
- S. Noma (Ed.): Tokyo Woman's Christian University . In: Japan. An Illustrated Encyclopedia. Kodansha, 1993, ISBN 4-06-205938-X , p. 1600.
See also
Web links
- Official Website (Japanese)
Coordinates: 35 ° 42 ′ 39 ″ N , 139 ° 35 ′ 26 ″ E