岡山孤児院東京地方委員としての原胤昭の活動 : 原胤昭と石井十次の出会いから1899年までを中心として(浅野仁教授退職記念号)

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Taneaki Hara (1853-1942) is the pioneer of prison reform and the rehabilitation of exconvicts in Japan. The purpose of this study is to clarify his accomplishments with and for the Tokyo District Committee of the Okayama Orphanage. In 1889 Hara became known to Juji Ishii (1865-1914), a typical charity worker in modem Japan. Ishii had established the Okayama Orphanage and devoted himself to educating orphans in 1887. The Okayama Orphange formed a musical band composed of users of the institution for the purpose of the advertising the institution and the collection of donations. The musical band performed a total of twenty one public concerts from April 15, 1889 to May 21 of that same year in Tokyo. Hara was responsible for doing office work in support of the band, and also took care of its member. These public performances offered Hara the opportunity to found the Tokyo District Committee of the Okayama Orphanage. Hara was responsible for placing advertisements for donations in the newspaper relevant to Christianity. He also protected disadvantaged children who lived in the suburbs of Tokyo. Hara also succeeded in raising may donations for the Orphanage and helped make mamny people more aware and have a deepened understanding of the Okayama Orphanage utilizing the media of those days.