UCHIMURA Kanzo

Date of Birth and Death
March 23, 1861 - March 28, 1930
Birthplace (modern name)
Tokyo
Occupation, Status
Practitioner of Religion

Description

Thinker and practitioner of religion. Born in Tokyo, the son of a samurai of the Takasaki Clan. After graduating from Sapporo Agricultural College, he worked for the Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce, etc., and then went to study in the United States. After returning to Japan in 1890, he became a part-time teacher at the First Higher Middle School. In 1891, he left the school because he was accused of refusing to worship the emperor in the unveiling ceremony for the Imperial Rescript on Education. After that, he engaged in writing. In 1900, based on his Bible studies, he founded "Seisho no kenkyu" (Biblical Studies), where he advocated Mukyokai or Nonchurch Christianity that does not depend on existing denominations. During the Russo-Japanese War, he spoke out against the war. His main works include "Nihon oyobi Nihonjin" (Japan and the Japanese) (1894, later known as "Daihyoteki nihonjin" (Representative Men of Japan)), and "Yo wa Ikanishite Kirisuto Shinto to Narishika" (How I Became a Christian) (1895).

Publications

National Diet Library's collections

SNS

UCHIMURA Kanzo

  • Portrait of UCHIMURA Kanzo1
  • Portrait of UCHIMURA Kanzo2