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Imada Puppet Troupe Performance At Princeton University
is a Japanese surname. People with this surname include: * Torajiro Imada (1859–1940), Japanese police chief and leprosy sanatorium director * Ito Imada (1891–1987), Japanese immigrant farmer in British Columbia * Katsuyori Imada (1878–1950), Japanese writer of the Meiji period *Koji Imada (born 1966), Japanese comedian, ''tarento'' and TV presenter * Fujio Imada * Masaru Imada (1932–2025), Japanese jazz pianist * Jeff Imada (born 1955), American martial artist, stuntman, director, and actor * Ryuji Imada (born 1976), Japanese professional golfer based in the United States *Toby Imada (born 1978), American mixed martial arts fighter See also * 16079 Imada (1999 RP181), main-belt asteroid discovered in 1999 *Imada Puppet Troupe, traditional Japanese puppet troupe in the style known as Ningyō Jōruri * ''imada'' (''imadat'') are divisions of delegations of Tunisia *IMADA, Institute of Mathematics and Computer Science at University of Southern Denmark *IMADA, Inc., a company ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Torajiro Imada
Torajirō Imada(今田虎次郎, 1859–1940) was a Japanese police chief who became the first director of Sotojima Hoyoen, a leprosy sanatorium in Osaka, Japan from 1909 to 1926. He admitted the autonomy right of the patients' association. The Sotojima sanatorium was destroyed in Muroto Typhoon in 1934 and it was reconstructed as Oku-Komyo-En Sanatorium, Okayama Prefecture. Personal history He was born in Okayama Prefecture in 1859. After becoming the chief of several police stations in Osaka, he became the marshal of Sonezaki Police Station, in Osaka. In 1909, he was appointed the director of the Sotojima Hoyōen Sanatorium, situated in Osaka Prefecture. He retired in April 1926 and lived in Sakai, Osaka, Sakai, Osaka Prefecture. After eight months, Masataka Murata became the second director of the sanatorium. He died around July 1940 in Sakai. Sotojima Hoyōen Sanatorium (1909-1934) At the start of the sanatorium, it was a lawless area with wandering vagabonds. However, or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |