# Shōzō Tanaka

> Shōzō Tanaka  was a Japanese politician and social activist, and is considered to be Japan's first conservationist. Tanaka was politically active in the Meiji Restoration and leader in the Freedom and Popular Rights Movement. In Japan's first general election of 1890, he was elected to the House of Representatives as a member of the Rikken Kaishintō, a liberal political party. He is most well known for his advocacy of rural residents around the Watarase River whose health and livelihoods were negatively affected by pollution from the Ashio Copper Mine in the 1880s. Tanaka also contributed to philosophical thought on nature in the early Meiji era.

*Japanese politician*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Politician
- **Category:** Politicians
- **Country:** Japan
- **Born:** 1841-12-15
- **Died:** 1913-09-04
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 49.6 / 100
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- **Historical depth:** 7.9 / 100
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- **Source confidence:** 45.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100

## Sources
- [田中正造](https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%94%B0%E4%B8%AD%E6%AD%A3%E9%80%A0)
- [Tanaka Shōzō](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanaka_Sh%C5%8Dz%C5%8D)
- [Tanaka Shōzō](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanaka_Sh%C5%8Dz%C5%8D)
- [Shōzō Tanaka](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sh%C5%8Dz%C5%8D_Tanaka)
- [田中正造](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%94%B0%E4%B8%AD%E6%AD%A3%E9%80%A0)
- [다나카 쇼조](https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%8B%A4%EB%82%98%EC%B9%B4_%EC%87%BC%EC%A1%B0)
- [Танака Сёдзо](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D0%A1%D1%91%D0%B4%D0%B7%D0%BE)
- [Танака Сьодзо](https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D0%A1%D1%8C%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B7%D0%BE)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5371149)

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