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Tsuboi Gendō (1852-1922) – Physical education scholar of the Meiji era and Japan’s first physical exercises teacher

Tsuboi was born in Onikoshi, Katsushika District, Shimosa Province (today’s Ichikawa City in Chiba prefecture) as the second son of a farmer. In 1866, he entered the Kaiseijo of the Edo shogunate to study English. The Kaiseijo was an institution … Continue reading

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