Happy Women's Map 千葉県 日本初の女子美術大学の基礎を築いた女性実業家 佐藤 志津 女史
「医術も美術も同じく人の心を癒します」
Both medicine and art heal people's hearts.
佐藤 志津 女史
Ms. Shizu Sato
1851-1919
千葉県佐倉市 生誕
Born in Sakura-city, Tiba-ken
佐藤志津女史は、現在の女子美術大学の基礎を築くとともに、その経営に才腕を発揮しました。
Ms. Shizu Sato laid the foundation for the current Joshibi University of Art and Design, demonstrating her talent for its management.
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志津は、佐倉の蘭医学塾・順天堂第二代堂主となる佐藤尚中の娘として生まれ、幼いころから漢籍・国学・薙刀を習い、点茶・琴・手芸・礼儀作法を修めます。家に忍び込んだ盗賊を追い払った逸話が評判になり、佐倉藩主の娘・松姫の女中として採用され、城中で武家子女としての素養も身につけます。母の危篤により、父の愛弟子・高和東之助（後の佐藤進）を婿に迎え、第三代堂主・佐藤進の妻となって家業を支えます。戊辰戦争で夫は新政府軍の軍医となり、明治以降ドイツに留学。志津も日本赤十字社の活動を通じて婦人会活動にも積極的に参加、女性の自立支援を積極的に行いました。女性医師の高橋瑞子や吉岡弥生を支援します。父・尚中が亡くなると進が順天堂病院院長に就任、院長夫人となった志津は翌年に開館した鹿鳴館で社交性を発揮して人脈を広げていきます。さらに、私立女子美術学校創設者である横井玉子を支援、財政難で廃校の危機に瀕していた女子美術学校の校主となって経営建て直しに奔走します。「芸術による女性の自立と女性の社会的地位の向上を目指す」理念に共感した志津は、自ら教壇に立って修身や礼儀作法を教えます。まもなく校舎・寄宿舎が全焼する大事件がおこるも、事後処理に全力を尽くして翌年には新たに本郷区菊坂に新校舎を建て授業を再開します。さらに志津は私立女子美術学校を専門学校に引き上げるべく学則を改正、美術教師養成のための高等師範科を設けます。学生の作品が評価されるようになり、志津の死後から１０年後に女子美術専門学校に昇格します。
Shizu was born as the daughter of Sato Naochū, the second head of the Juntendo School of Dutch Medicine in Sakura. From a young age, she studied Chinese classics, Japanese classical literature, and naginata (a type of Japanese polearm), and also honed skills in tea ceremony, koto (a traditional Japanese stringed instrument), handcrafts, and etiquette. Her reputation grew after she repelled a burglar who had infiltrated her home. She was subsequently employed as a maid to Princess Matsuhime, the daughter of the lord of Sakura Domain, where she further developed the qualities of a samurai child within the castle walls. Due to her mother's critical illness, she married Takakazu Tōnojirō (later Sato Susumu), her father's beloved disciple, and became the wife of the third head of the Juntendo School. She supported the family's business. During the Boshin War, her husband served as a military doctor for the new government forces and later studied in Germany during the Meiji era. Shizu, through her involvement with the Japanese Red Cross Society, actively participated in women's association activities, promoting female empowerment. She supported female physicians like Takahashi Mizuko and Yoshioka Yayoi. When her father Naochū passed away, Susumu became the director of the Juntendo Hospital. Shizu, now the director's wife, demonstrated her sociability at Kaginari-kan, a social hall that opened the following year, expanding her social network. Furthermore, she supported Yokoi Tamako, the founder of a private women's art school, and took on the role of the school's principal when it faced financial difficulties and the threat of closure. Embracing the philosophy of "promoting women's independence through art and elevating their social status," Shizu taught ethics and manners herself. Despite a major incident where the school buildings and dormitories were completely destroyed by fire, she put all her effort into the aftermath and managed to rebuild the school in the Kikusaka district of Hongo the next year, resuming classes. Furthermore, Shizu amended the school regulations to elevate the private women's art school into a specialized institution, establishing an advanced teacher training program for art education. As student work gained recognition, the school eventually achieved the status of a specialized women's art school a decade after Shizu's passing.
-女子美術大学歴史資料室 Joshibi University of Art and Design History Museum
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