Philosopher

Ninomiya Sontoku

Overview

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 agricultural reformer. His parents died when he was a teen, 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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Ideas Ninomiya Sontoku discusses

• Japan
• Edo period
• Shinto
• Samurai
• The New York Times
• Buddhism
• World War II
• United States
• Confucianism

Place in the tradition

Part of Japanese philosophy.

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