Hirooka Asako ( 広岡 浅子 , née Mitsui Asako , 18 October 1849 — 14 January 1919) was a Japanese businesswoman, banker, college founder and late in life, a Christian speaker and writer.
5-491: Hirooka (written: 広岡 or 廣岡) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: Asako Hirooka ( 広岡 浅子 , 1849–1919) , Japanese businesswoman, banker and college founder Ryan Yuki Hirooka ( 広岡 勇輝 , born 1990) , Japanese footballer Taishi Hirooka ( 廣岡 大志 , born 1997) , Japanese baseball player Tatsuro Hirooka ( 広岡 達朗 , born 1932) , Japanese baseball player See also [ edit ] Hirooka Station ,
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15-469: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Asako Hirooka Mitsui Asako was born in Kyoto , the daughter of merchant Mitsui Takamasu. She recalled, as a girl, feeling left out of the education her brothers enjoyed, and being determined after marriage to find a way to learn mathematics, economics, and literature, among other topics. She hired tutors and read independently. "I set myself to
20-508: The signature line, "nine times falling, nine times rising again." She spoke at church-run events. She was one of the leaders of the YWCA Summer Conference in 1912, with Kawai Michi , Emma Kaufman , and several others. At her summer home near Mount Fuji , Hirooka kept a retreat house for Christian preachers. Raicho Hiratsuka , a student at Japan Women's University , which Hirooka helped to found, recalled her scolding
25-545: The task with the consent of my husband, who was skeptical of my ability and indifferent to my ambitions." After an economic crisis, Hirooka Asako moved beyond her traditional life as a wife and mother to rebuild her husband's family's lost fortunes. She took charge of a coal mine, started a savings bank, started a life insurance company, and invested in Korean agricultural properties. In 1911, Hirooka Asako converted to Christianity. She wrote for popular women's magazines, with
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