Abe Isoo
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Member of theHouse of Representatives | |
In office 1928–1930 | |
Constituency | Tokyo 2nd district |
In office 1932–1940 | |
Constituency | Tokyo 2nd district |
Personal details | |
Born | [1][2][3] Fukuoka,Japan | 4 February 1865
Died | 10 February 1949[1] Tokyo,Japan | (aged 84)
Political party | Shakai Minshutō→ Shakai Minshūtō→ Shakai Taishūtō→ Kinrō Kokumintō(banned)→ Independent→ Japanese Socialist Party |
Residence | Tokyo |
Alma mater | Doshisha University University of Berlin Hartford Theological Seminary |
Occupation | preacher |
Abe Isoo(An bộ cơ hùng,4 February 1865 – 10 February 1949)[1][2][3]was a JapaneseChristian socialist,parliamentarian andpacifist.He largely contributed to development ofbaseball in Japan,and was called "Father of Japanese baseball." He created a baseball club ofWaseda University.[4]
Early life and education
[edit]Abe was born inFukuokaon 4 February 1865.[2][5]He entered atDoshisha Universityin 1879, and got baptized byJoseph Hardy Neesimaat February 2, 1882.[4]In 1898, he created the firstConsumers' co-operativeof university in Japan at Doshisha. After he graduated from Doshissha, he studied abroad, including at theUniversity of Berlin,before attendingHartford Theological SeminaryinHartford, Connecticut.[6]It was while he was studying in Hartford that he became interested insocialism.[1]
Career
[edit]After returning to Japan, in 1899,[1]Abe became aUnitarianpreacher. He taught at theWaseda Universitystarting in 1901, called Tokyo Semmon Gakko, at the time.[1]He later became a faculty of political science and economics and taught there for 25 years.[1][7]He occupied some important positions in the university like a dean of first School of Political Science and Economics and University Vice President. In 1901 he helped to found the short-lived Japanese Social-Democratic party, which the government swiftly prohibited.[4]
During theRusso-Japanese War,he advocated non-cooperation and participated in various earlyfeministmovements. When the anti-war newspaperHeimin Shimbun(People's Weekly News) was banned, he started his own magazine,Shinkigen(A New Era).[8]He used this as a soapbox to promote parliamentary socialism.[1]In 1906, he played an instrumental role in founding the first Japanese Socialist Party, from which he advocated aChristian Socialistviewpoint. However, the government outlawed this party too in 1907. He dropped out of public life until afterWorld War I,when he became active again.[1]He founded the JapaneseFabian Society,in 1921,[1]and in 1924, he became their first President. He resigned his teaching post to become the secretary-general of theSocial Democratic Party.[1][4]In 1928, he was elected to theJapanese Diet,where he held a seat for five consecutive elections.[1]In 1932, he became a chairman ofShakai Taishuto(Social Mass Party).[1][5]He withdrew from politics in 1940 due to the increasingly militaristic nature of the government of the time.[1]
Father of Baseball in Japan
[edit]Abe contributed to the development and spread ofbaseball in Japanbecause he believed that personality was built with sports like knowledge was built with learning.[1][2]Becoming the first manager of Waseda Baseball Club in 1901, he started theWaseda–Keio rivalry.[7]In 1905, during theRusso-Japanese War,he took the team to the United States and brought many techniques back to Japan, spreading them with his books. He also established the Japan Amateur Sports Association (later, Japan Sport Association) together withJigoro Kano.[4]He later helped with organizing the first Japanese Olympic team competing at the1912 Summer Olympicsin Stockholm.[9]In 1930, Abe became the first chairman of theTokyo Big6 Baseball League.After World War II, he also became the first chairman ofJapan Student Baseball Association .
He is called the 'Father of Baseball in Japan'or the 'Father of Student Baseball'in Japan because of such contributions. Totsuka Ground, the main stadium of Waseda's baseball team changed its name to Abe Ground in 1949, following Abe's death.[10]When theJapanese Baseball Hall of Famewas opened in 1959, he was inducted into the hall.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^abcdefghijklmnoHoiberg, Dale H., ed. (2010)."Abe Isoo".Encyclopædia Britannica.Vol. I: A-ak Bayes (15th ed.). Chicago, Illinois: Encyclopædia Britannica Inc. pp.23.ISBN978-1-59339-837-8.
- ^abcdCastronova, Frank V., ed. (1998).Almanac of Famous People.Vol. I Biographies. Detroit, MI: Gale Research. p. 4.
- ^abThere is uncertainty surrounding his birth date as some sources state that his day of birth is 1 March 1865.
- ^abcde"Abe, Isoo".Portraits of Modern Japanese Historical Figures.National Diet Library.Archivedfrom the original on 1 February 2013.Retrieved2 October2020.
- ^abLouis Frédéric; Käthe Roth (2002).Japan Encyclopedia.Harvard University Press. p. 902.ISBN978-0-674-01753-5.
- ^"Abe Isoo | Japanese socialist leader".
- ^abTakahashi, Akira (4 December 2015)."Abe Isoo and the Waseda Baseball Club".Waseda University.Retrieved2 October2020.
- ^"Abe Isoo".Britannica.Retrieved4 October2020.
- ^Gavin, Masako (2012)."Abe Isoo and Baseball—New Social Relations beyond the Family-State Institution".Rethinking Japanese Modernism.pp. 452–470.doi:10.1163/9789004211308_024.ISBN9789004211308.
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- 1865 births
- 1949 deaths
- Doshisha University alumni
- Humboldt University of Berlin alumni
- Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame inductees
- Japanese Christian pacifists
- Japanese Christian socialists
- Japanese Protestants
- Japanese socialist feminists
- Members of the House of Representatives (Empire of Japan)
- People from Fukuoka
- Politicians from Fukuoka Prefecture
- Unitarian socialists
- Academic staff of Waseda University
- Meiji socialists