Kyoritsu Women's University (共立女子大学,Kyōritsu joshi daigaku) is aprivatewomen's college inChiyoda, Tokyo,Japan, established in 1949.
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 educatorHaruko Hatoyama,Kyuichiro Nagai (the father of writerKafu Nagai), and educatorSeiichi Tejima.
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]
Kyoritsu Kodo is the school's 2,010-capacity auditorium.[3] The auditorium has been used for concerts, hosting bands such asFree,James Gang andYes.[4]
The university has established exchanges and links with other international institutions of higher education—for example, theUniversity of Pennsylvania[5]
Kaoru Hatoyama was aschoolmaster at the university founded by her mother-in-law, Haruko. (Kaoru was the wife ofIchirō Hatoyama, who was the 52nd, 53rd and 54thPrime Minister of Japan.)[6]
Kyoritsu Girls' School alumni and a contemporary of Kaoru,Asa Matsuoka often lectured at the school in the 1930s and 1940s.
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