Toyohiko Kagawa

Toyohiko Kagawa
c. 1920
Born(1888-07-10)July 10, 1888
DiedApril 23, 1960(1960-04-23) (aged 71)
Tokyo, Japan
NationalityJapanese
Occupation(s)Social reformer, peace activist, labor activist, evangelist, author
SpouseHaru
Kagawa and Haru
Kagawa at Princeton Theological Seminary
Great Kantō earthquake, 1923
Kagawa in 1935

Toyohiko Kagawa (賀川 豊彦, Kagawa Toyohiko, 10 July 1888 – 23 April 1960) was a Japanese Evangelical Christian pacifist, Christian reformer, and labour activist. Kagawa wrote, spoke, and worked at length on ways to employ Christian principles in the ordering of society and in cooperatives. His vocation to help the poor led him to live among them. He advocated for women's suffrage and promoted a peaceful foreign policy.