Tsuyoshi Makino (牧野 剛, Makino Tsuyoshi, 24 September 1945 – 20 May 2016)^[1] was a Japanese author, critic, and social activist. He taught Japanese language at Kawai Juku in Sendai, Japan.

Personal life[edit]

Tsuyoshi Makino was born 24 September 1945 in the city of Ena, Gifu Prefecture. After graduating from Ena public high school, he attended Nagoya University, where he received a degree in literature and Japanese history. After graduation, he worked as a high school teacher and a special education teacher for mentally handicapped students.

His book Thirty years after "Dismantling the University" (『30年後の「大学解体」』, Sanjuu nengo no 'daigaku kaitai') describes the 1968 general strikes in Japan.^[2]

Makino served for many years as juku lecturer in college preparation schools, travelling between Nagoya and Sendai in order to teach.^{[citation needed]}

Literary works[edit]

• Yobikou ni au (Fubaisha, 1986)^[3]
• Kunizakai wo koete – Touou minshuka to EC tougou no wakamono he no tabi (Kawai Shuppan, 1991)
• Saredo yobikou: yobikou kara "sekai" wo shiru (Fubaisha, 1999)
• Ronin shinaide naniga jinsei da! "Seikou suru roninsei" no sugoshi kata (Gakushu Kenkyusha, 1996)
• Kawai Juku Makino ryuu! Kokugo training (Kodansha, 2002)
• Sanjuu nen go no "daigaku taikai" (Weitsu, 2002)
• Gendai bun to kakuto suru (Kawai Shuppan, 2006)
• Hensachi houkai – honto no gakuryoku wo miushinau hensachi (kurabekko) no noroi (PHP Kenkyusho, 2009)
• Jinsei wo kaeru otona no tokusho jutsu (Mediax, 2009)

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