Kuniyoshi Obara (小原 國芳, Obara Kuniyoshi, April 8, 1887 – December 13, 1977) was an influential Japanese education reformer and publisher.[1] Obara left a strong mark in education philosophy and on the theories of liberal education, art education and vocational education. In addition to creating his own education theory, Zenjin (or "Whole Person") Education, he was among the leaders of the New Education Movement in Japan and disseminated in that country the works of earlier reformers such as Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi. He was the founder of the campus Tamagawa Gakuen and for many years president of its university, Tamagawa University.
- ^ Kobayashi, Makoto (June 2004). "Kuniyoshi Obara 1887-1977" (PDF). Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education. 34 (2): 223–239. doi:10.1023/B:PROS.0000037141.37779.f1. S2CID 145570404. Retrieved 31 July 2010.