A famous figure in Iwate Prefecture

Kenji Miyazawa is a famous writer, educator and an agricultural researcher. He not only has high literacy in literature and agriculture, but also has many connotations such as astronomy, meteorology, geography and history, which is admired by future generations. Born in Han Juan City, Iwate Prefecture from 65438 to 0896 (Meiji 29), he became an agricultural school teacher after graduating from Agricultural College and began to educate rural children. At the age of 30, he quit his job as a teacher and lived alone. Later, he gave lectures to farmers and instructed young people in agricultural planting. During this period, he continued to write many poems and fairy tales, and left most of his works in the world, such as Saburo in the Wind and Night on the Galaxy Railway. Finally, due to overwork, he fell ill twice and died at the age of 37.

Educator Nitobe Inazo wrote Soul of Japan in English, which was literally translated as Soul of Japan and published in Japan under the name Bushido. Nitobe Inazo's head once appeared on a 5000-yen note.

Jin Tianyi Jie is a linguist. His eldest son, Ichiharuhiko Kaneda, is also a famous linguist.

Woodpecker Ishikawa, Woodpecker Ishikawa (ぃしかわたくぼく) (18865438+1October 28th, Hino City, Iwate Prefecture- Parker Wood is good at composing traditional short songs, and his collection of songs started a new era of Japanese short songs. In content, he linked the ancient literary form of short songs with the real life of the Japanese people, breaking through the traditional narrow theme. He wrote short songs in modern spoken language, which was also innovative in form, breaking the traditional 31-tone form and creating a unique 21-tone three-line format. Because the lyrics are novel and vivid, they became famous in one fell swoop.