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Tsunesaburō Makiguchi (牧口 常三郎 Makiguchi Tsunesaburō 1871–1944) was a Japanese educator who founded and became the first president of Soka Gakkai.He was born in Kashiwazaki a small village in Niigata Prefecture Japan on June 6 1871. Adopted by the Makiguchi family he moved to Hokkaidō Japan’s northernmost island at the age of 14. Working his way through school he graduated from Sapporo Normal School (today’s Hokkaidō University of Education).
