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( – ) was a Japanese politician, businessman and leader of the burakumin movement. Born in the Fukuoka Prefecture of Japan, Matsumoto lead the liberation movement from beginning to end earning the title "buraku liberation father" in the Buraku Liberation League. ==Career== Matsumoto was born in the Chikushi District, Fukuoka Prefecture, part of the modern city of Fukuoka. His parents were ''burakumin''. In 1900, after graduating from Sumiyoshi elementary school and Kanjō junior high school under the prewar system in Tokyo, he dropped out of Dalian high school. In 1907, Matsumoto made his living as a street fortune-teller and quack doctor. In 1910 he was extradited back to his home province by the consul general. By 1911, Matsumoto had established the Matsumoto Company, which specialized in civil engineering and heavy construction. The company was later destroyed by members of the Kyūshū Yakuza Clan. In 1921, the Chikuzenkyō revolutionary group was organized. That same year, during the celebration of the 300th anniversary of the first Fukuoka daimyo Kuroda Nagamasa, the protest movement organized by Matsumoto, rose up and the celebration turned into "voluntary donation from non-discriminated descendants against forms of discrimination" under enforcement. In 1923, Matsumoto became chairman of the . In 1925, Matsumoto assumed the office of as chairman of the committee. Having strong ideas of equality between people across the country, Matsumoto organized the strife of not giving the title of nobility to Iesato Tokugawa. Later, after the assassination of Iesato Tokugawa, Matsumoto was found guilty of attempted assassination and imprisoned for four months (1927). In 1926, Matsumoto lead an impeachment strife against the Fukuoka Regiment Discrimination. In 1929, he was imprisoned for a second time, this time for three years and six months without any clear reason. Many suspect the strife as the reason. In 1936, Matsumoto became a member of the House of Representatives. In 1942, Matsumoto was elected by a recommendation to the . This was a governmental camouflage, because Ichirō Hatoyama in fact didn't write any recommendations, but this election was an excuse to get rid of Matsumoto's public offices. In 1946, Matsumoto became chairman of the , and in 1947, he became a member of Parliament. The same year he was elected as vice-chairman of the House of Councilors. He was known among the people as a leftist leader. Matsumoto is well known for saying about himself, "I became a chairman despite my burakumin origins. Socialists hold the majority in the House of Representatives and in the House of Concilors, and in order for Komakichi Matsuoka to win, they've chosen me." In 1948, being a vice-chairman of the House of Councilors, Matsumoto made a refusal to the Emperor's audience in the case known as "The Sideways Scuttle of a Crab". After that his public offices were banished, but it was cancelled in 1951. In 1953, Matsumoto became a chairman of the . Till Matsumoto death in 1966, Matsumoto continued his buraku liberation activities. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jiichirō Matsumoto」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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