Toyo Eiwa Jogakuin Explained
is a private girls academy founded on November 6, 1884, in Azabu, Minato, Tokyo by Martha J. Cartmell, a Methodist missionary from Canada.[1] Toyo Eiwa Women's University, established as a four-year college in 1989, is attached to the school.
History
Originally begun in 1884 with two students, an elementary school was added in 1888, and a senior high school in 1889.[1] The school expanded to include a kindergarten class in 1914, a dormitory, kindergarten building, and a house for the Methodist missionaries in 1932, and a brand new building for the school in 1933.[2]
Due to the anti-Western sentiment during World War II, the (meaning "English") in was changed to, meaning "eternal" or "eternity", in 1941.[2] The name was changed back in 1946.[3] Because of the changes made in the Japanese education system following World War II, each department changed its name to reflect the new government-approved names. In 1965, facilities were expanded to include a location at Oiwake, Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture and camp was established in 1970 at Lake Nojiri.[3] [4]
In 1986, the junior college was moved to a campus in Midori-ku, Yokohama, the attached women's university became a four-year college in 1989, and opened its graduate school in 1993.[5]
Schools
- Toyo Eiwa University
- Tōyō Eiwa Girls' Junior & Senior High School
- Tōyō Eiwa Girls' Primary School
- Tōyō Eiwa Kindergarten (co-ed)
- Tōyō Eiwa University Kaede Kindergarten (co-ed), located in Aoba-ku, Yokohama
Notable graduates
- Misako Yasui, legislator
- Ruiko Yoshida, photojournalist
- Katayama Hiroko, translator and mentor to Hanako Muraoka
- Byakuren Yanagiwara, writer and confidante of Hanako Muraoka
- Hanako Muraoka,[6] translator into Japanese of the Anne of Green Gables novels and other Western literature
- Junko Endo, wife of Shūsaku Endō
- Fumiko Higashikuni, picture book writer and member of Higashikuni-no-miya
- Sawako Agawa, television personality
- Eri Muraoka, daughter of Haruko Muraoka
- Nobuko Imai, violist
- Tae Ashida, fashion designer
- Mieko Yagi, equestrian
- Karin Miyawaki, fencer
- Mieko Takamine, actress
- Keiko Han, voice actress
- Hanako Oshima, singer
- Miho Ohwada, actress
Fictional references
See also
External links
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Notes and References
- See History of Tōyō Eiwa Jogakuin, page 1 . Accessed June 15, 2006
- See History of Tōyō Eiwa Jogakuin, page 2 . Accessed June 15, 2006.
- See History of Tōyō Eiwa Jogakuin, page 3 . Accessed June 15, 2006.
- See World Lakes Database and Nagano Prefecture Tourism Information . Accessed June 15, 2006.
- See History of Tōyō Eiwa Jogakuin, page 4 . Accessed June 15, 2006.
- https://www.toyoeiwa.ac.jp/english/history/index.html History of Tōyō Eiwa Jogakuin
- Web site: Why Did Rei Go to a Christian School? . 4 January 2016 . Tuxedo Unmasked . 6 July 2023 . As we discussed previously, Toyo Eiwa Junior High School / High School is the basis for Rei’s school, TA Gakuin. .
