Yoseikan
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Yoseikan is the name given to the dojo built in November of 1931 in Shizuoka, Japan.
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[edit] The Dojo
Minoru Mochizuki's (望月 稔 Mōchizuki Minoru, 1907–2003) brother and some friends built this dojo while he was recovering from pleurisy and pulmonary tuberculosis. When the dojo was built, a friend of the Mochizuki family (a philosophy teacher) called it Yoseikan. Minoru Mochizuki immediately adopted the name since it means "the place to develop the truth". It reflected his teacher's ideals and it reinforced the positive attitude of "Mutual welfare and prosperity" he had always promoted. The official opening of the dojo was held in November 1931 and many dignitaries from Tokyo, including Morihei Ueshiba, Admiral Isamu Takeshita, and General Makoto Miura attended.[1] It had to be rebuilt after World War II as it was burnt during that war.
The Yoseikan Dojo address is: Mukoshikiji 846, Shizuoka-shi Japan. The building is currently home to the International Budo Seifukai Federation.
[edit] The Word
Yoseikan is a Japanese word, and as such it is composed of ideas. These ideas are represented by 3 ideograms YO-SEI-KAN:
YO defines the concept of learning and growing in prosperity.
SEI defines the concept of truth, good, right or positive attitude.
KAN defines the concept of a place, a building or a house
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