Kyoritsu Women's University

Kyoritsu Women's University (共立女子大学, Kyōritsu joshi daigaku) is a private women's college in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan, established in 1949.

Kyoritsu Kodo at Kyoritsu Women's University.

History

The vocational predecessor of the school was founded in 1886.[1] The name "Kyoritsu", meaning "standing together" in Japanese, came from the fact that 34 people were involved in the foundation of the school; among them were educator Haruko Hatoyama, Kyuichiro Nagai (the father of writer Kafu Nagai) and educator Seiichi Tejima.

Mission

The founding of Kyoritsu marked the very beginning of women's higher education in Japan: To recognize the need to "educate modern women in knowledge and skills, and to elevate the position of women in society."[2]

Exchanges

The university has established exchanges and links with international institutions of higher education—for example, the University of Pennsylvania[3]

Notable faculty

Kaoru Hatoyama was a schoolmaster at the university founded by her mother-in-law, Haruko. (Kaoru was the wife of Ichirō Hatoyama, who was the 52nd, 53rd and 54th Prime Minister of Japan.)[4]

In 2006–2008, Eiko Ikui of Kyoritsu Women's University was an executive director of the Japanese Association for American Studies.[5]

Notable alumni
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References
  1. Japan Student Services Organization (JSSO) Archived 2009-08-19 at the Wayback Machine: Kyoritsu U. Archived 2008-04-20 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Directory Database of Research and Development Activities (READ) Archived 2009-08-25 at the Wayback Machine: Kyoritsu U. Archived 2010-12-09 at the Wayback Machine
  3. De Mejía, Anne-Marie. (2002). Power, Prestige, and Bilingualism: International Perspectives on Elite Bilingual Education, pp. 7-8.
  4. "55. Museum Review: Hatoyama Kaikan (Bunkyo-ku)," November 18, 2008.
  5. "Japanese Association for American Studies". Archived from the original on 2009-01-02. Retrieved 2009-09-01.

Notes
  • Kobayashi, Kei, Tetsurō Kitamura, Noriyuki Ito and Maki Tamada. (1992). American antique quilt collection (アメリカン・アンティークキルトコレクション, Amerikan anteikū kiruto korekuskiyon). Tokyo: Nihon Vogue. OCLC 28872477


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