Ninomiya Sontoku | |
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二宮 尊徳 | |
 Since the Meiji period, statues of Ninomiya have been installed in many schools in Japan as a model person of diligence and frugality. | |
| Born | Ninomiya Kinjirō (二宮 金次郎) September 4, 1787 |
| Died | November 17, 1856 Imaichi, Shimōsa Province |
| Era | Late Edo period |
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 agriculturalist. He lost his parents when he was a boy, 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.