Seiichirō Furuta Explained

Seiichirō Furuta
Native Name:	古田 誠一郎
Native Name Lang:	ja
Birth Date:	27 June 1897
Country:	Japan

was a Japanese social reformer, educator, radio and TV personality, and politician from Wakayama city, Wakayama Prefecture. One of the leaders of the Boy Scouts' early days in Japan and the first to be elected mayor of Takatsuki, Osaka,^[1] he served as the director of the Scout Association of Japan, as well as executive director of the Japan Camping Federation.

Background

In 1979 he received the highest distinction of the Scout Association of Japan, the Golden Pheasant Award.^[2]

External links

• Web site: http://www.scout-ib.net/06MUSEUM/assets/pa-yan.html. ja:故古田誠一郎氏遺稿集.
• Web site: In Support of World Scouting. https://web.archive.org/web/20090327024400/http://www.scout.org/en/content/download/11624/94866/file/Triennial_Report_EN_5.pdf. 2009-03-27. 2009-03-27.

Notes and References

1. Web site: https://kotobank.jp/word/%E5%8F%A4%E7%94%B0+%E8%AA%A0%E4%B8%80%E9%83%8E-1677757. ja:古田 誠一郎. Seiichiro Furuta. Kotobank. Asahi Shinbun. 13 October 2016. ja-JP.
2. Web site: 2014-05-23. ja:䝪䞊䜲䝇䜹䜴䝖日本連盟 きじ章受章者 . Recipient of the Golden Pheasant Award of the Scout Association of Japan . http://reinanzaka-sc.o.oo7.jp/kiroku/documents/20140523-3-kiji-list.pdf . https://web.archive.org/web/20200811030258/http://reinanzaka-sc.o.oo7.jp/kiroku/documents/20140523-3-kiji-list.pdf . 2020-08-11 . Reinanzaka Scout Club. ja.