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Kosaku Fukumuro (12 September 1859 - 1933) was a politician who was active in the village of Doi, the predecessor of the former town of Doi, Tagata County, Shizuoka Prefecture, during the Meiji and Taisho periods.He made efforts to spread the sericultural industry.

personal history
Village, Fuji County (Fuji City, Shizuoka Prefecture) on the 12th of September, Ansei 6.

He was the heir to the old Fukumuro family of Baba, Doi Village. Fukumuro Kosaku's father was Oishi Usaburo, and the Oishi family was also descended from Oishi Nibei, a vassal of the Kai-Takeda clan.

In 1889, when the villages of Doi and Ko-Doi were merged, Kosaku Fukumuro ran for election as a member of the Doi Village Council, and after being elected for the first time, he firmly established himself as a politician during his six-year term. By the time he retired in April 1908, he had implemented a number of policies, including the construction of a tidal embankment (1902), the erection of a telegraph line (1903), the implementation of a cultivation project (1905), and the reclamation of approximately 200,000 acres of land from Doi Nakahama to Shinden (1903).

In 1911, in response to the expectations of the villagers, he was appointed mayor of the village again, and served as mayor until 1913, when the communal hot springs were installed.

He built a new cold storage building in front of his house, set up a research and testing centre and recruited many women workers from distant towns and villages to promote the sericulture industry in Doi.

Baba Park
There used to be a house of the Fukumuro family near Anrakuji Temple in Doi, Izu City, and in 2009 the site of the house was developed into Baba Park.

The park is planted with Somei Yoshino, Doi cherry, weeping cherry, silver rhododendron and Himeshara.

関連項目

 * 土肥村
 * 土肥温泉