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Jissen Women's University

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{{Infobox university

| name = Jissen Women's University

| native_name = {{plainlist|

  • 実践女子大学
  • じっせんじょしだいがく

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| native_name_lang = ja

| other_name = Jissen; Jitsujo

| image = Jissen Women's University Osakaue Campus02.jpg

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| caption = Jissen Women's University Hino Campus
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| established = {{Start date|1899}}

| type = Private

| parent = Jissen Women's Educational Institute

| address = 4-1-1 Ōsakaue

| city = Hino City

| prefecture = Tokyo

| country = Japan

| campus = Hino (Hino City, Tokyo)
Shibuya (Shibuya City, Tokyo)

| website = {{URL|https://www.jissen.ac.jp/}}

| footnotes =

Note: This university’s faculties are the Faculty of Humanities, the Faculty of Human Life Science and the Faculty of Human and Social Studies. In addition, its graduate schools are the Graduate School of Humanities, the Graduate School of Human Life Science and the Graduate School of Human and Social Studies.

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{{nihongo|Jissen Women's University|実践女子大学|Jissen joshi daigaku}} is a Japanese private women's college with its headquarters in 4-1-1 Ōsakaue, Hino, Tokyo, Japan. The school was founded by poet and educator Utako Shimoda in 1899. It was chartered as a university in 1949. Its University abbreviations are {{nihongo|Jissen|実践|'Jissen'}} and {{nihongo|Jitsujo|実女|'Jitsujo'}}.

Overview

= University as a whole =

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Jissen Women's University views the private women's university "Shimoda School" (later renamed "Tōyō School"), opened by Utako Shimoda in 1882 (Meiji's 15th Year), as its origin.{{Cite book|author=Jissen Women's Educational Institute 100-Year History Compilation Committee|title=実践女子学園100年史|language=Japanese|trans-title=Jissen Women's Educational Institute 100-Year History|publisher=Jissen Women's Educational Institute|date=31 March 2001|page=13}} This developed and became Jissen Girls' School in 1899 (Meiji's 32nd Year).{{Cite book|author=Jissen Women's Educational Institute 100-Year History Compilation Committee|title=実践女子学園100年史|language=Japanese|trans-title=Jissen Women's Educational Institute 100-Year History|publisher=Jissen Women's Educational Institute|date=31 March 2001|page=79}} In the early days of the school opening, it was located in modern-day Kudan, Chiyoda City, Tokyo, but relocated to Tokiwamatsu in Shibuya in 1901 (Meiji's 34th Year). With the educational system reform, it transitioned to a university under the new system and became Jissen Women's University in 1949 (Shōwa's 24th Year).{{Cite book|author=Jissen Women's Educational Institute 100-Year History Compilation Committee|title=実践女子学園100年史|language=Japanese|trans-title=Jissen Women's Educational Institute 100-Year History|publisher=Jissen Women's Educational Institute|date=31 March 2001|pages=947–1041}}

In 1986 (Shōwa's 61st Year), it completely relocated from Shibuya to Hino, but Shibuya Campus was opened in 2014 (Heisei's 26th Year).{{Cite book|last=Inoue|first=Kazuo|author-link=Kazuo Inoue|title=渋谷・実践・常盤松：知っていますか　過去・現在・未来|language=Japanese|trans-title=Shibuya, Jissen and Tokiwamatsu: Do You Know Them? Past, Present and Future|publisher=Seiunsha|date=9 February 2017|page=6-5|isbn=9784434227332}} Currently, the Faculty of Humanities, the Faculty of Human and Social Studies and the Junior College are located on Shibuya Campus and the Faculty of Human Life Science is located on Hino Campus.{{Cite web|url=https://www.jissen.ac.jp/access_guide/index.html|title=実践女子大学アクセスガイド|language=Japanese|trans-title=Jissen Women's University Access Guide|publisher=Jissen Women's University|date=8 June 2022|access-date=8 June 2022}}

= Educational Ideals =

Nurturing women who are capable of displaying dignity, elegance, independence and self-management.{{Cite web|url=https://www.jissen.ac.jp/about/spirit/index.html|title=建学の精神と教育理念|language=Japanese|trans-title=Founding Spirit and Educational Ideals|publisher=Jissen Women's University|date=15 June 2022|access-date=15 June 2022}}

Brief history

  • 1882 (Meiji's 15th Year) Utako Shimoda founds a private girls' school (later changes the name of the school to "Tōyō School") in Kudan, Tokyo.
  • 1899 (Meiji's 32nd Year) It founds the private Jissen Girls' School and the Girls' Arts and Crafts School in Kōjimachi, Tokyo as a project of the Imperial Women's Association. Utako Shimoda becomes the first principal.
  • 1903 (Meiji's 36th Year) Jissen Girls' School and Girls' Arts and Crafts School relocate to a new school building in the Tokiwamatsu Detached Palace in Shibuya, Tokyo.{{Cite book|author=Rokurō Hayashi|editor=Society for Building a Hometown in Tokyo|series=東京ふる里文庫 (Tokyo Hometown Library)|title=渋谷区の歴史|language=Japanese|trans-title=The History of Shibuya City|volume=11|publisher=Meicho Shuppan|date=30 September 1978|page=131|isbn=9784626002716}}
  • 1925 (Taishō's 14th Year) It establishes Jissen Women's Specialized School.
  • 1928 (Shōwa's 3rd Year) It grants the privilege of English Literature secondary-school teacher licenses without examination to specialized faculty English Literature graduates.
  • 1945 (Shōwa's 20th Year) Many school buildings are destroyed by fire due to war damage.
  • 1949 (Shōwa's 24th Year) It transitions to a university under the new system and establishes Jissen Women's University.
  • 1950 (Shōwa's 25th Year) It establishes Jissen Women's Educational Institute Junior College.
  • 1986 (Shōwa's 61st Year) The university and graduate school completely relocate to Hino Campus.
  • 1995 (Heisei's 7th Year) The Faculty of Home Economics is renamed the Faculty of Human Life Science.
  • 2004 (Heisei's 16th Year) It newly establishes the Faculty of Human and Social Studies.
  • 2014 (Heisei's 26th Year) The Faculty of Humanities, the Faculty of Human and Social Studies and the Junior College relocate to Shibuya Campus.

Basic data

= Locations =

  • Hino Campus (Ōsakaue, Hino City, Tokyo)
  • Shibuya Campus (Higashi, Shibuya City, Tokyo)

= Image =

== Emblem ==

It has the shape of a cherry blossom.

== School song ==

Education and research

= Organization =

== Faculties ==

== Graduate schools ==

= Education =

== On-campus scholarship ==

Jissen Women's University has its own scholarship program, and has reached the point where students can apply for them according on their situation.

; Grant-type

  • Shimoda Scholarship
  • Sakura Scholarship
  • University President's Award Scholarship
  • Sugako Tonohara Scholarship
  • Noboru and Akiko Hayama Scholarship - Noboru Hayama is the founder of Riso Scientific Industries Corporation
  • Faculty Scholarships (scholarships aimed at those with sudden changes in household budgets)

; Loan-type

  • General scholarships
  • Emergency Special Scholarship (a scholarship aimed at those with sudden changes in household budgets)
  • Emergency loan for school fees (a scholarship aimed at those with sudden changes in household budgets)

Student life

= School festival =

  • Tokiwa Festival
  • : A school festival shared by Jissen Women's University and the Junior College. The festival is held in October and November. The name of the Tokiwa Festival derives from "Tokiwamatsu-chō", the old town name of Shibuya, Tokyo, where the school building was located before it relocated to Hino City. Moreover, since the leaves of the evergreen pine tree are always green and do not change colour, it also includes the meaning of permanence.

University officials and organizations

= University affiliate organizations =

  • Mukōda Library
  • Jissen Women's University Supporters' Association

= List of university officials =

Facilities

= Campuses =

== Hino Campus ==

  • Faculty using Hino Campus: Faculty of Human Life Science
  • Graduate school using Hino Campus: Graduate School of Human Life Science
  • Transportation access
  • 14-minute walk from Hino Station operated by JR East

== Shibuya Campus ==

  • Faculties using Shibuya Campus: Faculty of Humanities, Faculty of Human and Social Studies, Junior College
  • Graduate schools using Shibuya Campus: Graduate School of Humanities, Graduate School of Human and Social Studies
  • Transportation access
  • 10-minute walk from Shibuya Station operated by JR East, Tōkyū, Keiō Electric Railway and Tokyo Metro Co., Ltd.
  • 12-minute walk from Omotesandō Station operated by Tokyo Metro

External affairs

= Agreements with other universities =

Affiliated schools

See also

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References

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External links

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  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20071107084814/http://www.jissen.ac.jp/en/university/index.htm Official website]

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