Ninomiya Sontoku
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In this Japanese name, the surname is Ninomiya.
Ninomiya Sontoku (二宮 尊徳, September 4, 1787 – November 17, 1856), also known as Ninomiya Kinjirō (二宮 金次郎), was a Japanese agriculturalist. He lost his parents when he was a boy, but through hard work and diligence, he rebuilt his fallen family at the age of 20. Later, he rebuilt approximately 600 villages and became a shogunate retainer. His ideas and actions were inherited as the Hōtokusha Movement.
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二宮 尊徳 | |
Born | 二宮 金次郎 (Ninomiya Kinjirō) (1787-09-04)September 4, 1787 |
Died | (1856-11-17)November 17, 1856 Imaichi, Shimōsa Province |
Era | Late Edo period |
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Hiragana | にのみや そんとく | ||||
Katakana | ニノミヤ ソントク | ||||
Shinjitai | 二宮 尊徳 | ||||
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