Background
Shū Miyata was born in 1877 in Yokohama, the son of a former retainer of the Shogun.
集 宮田
Shū Miyata was born in 1877 in Yokohama, the son of a former retainer of the Shogun.
He graduated from Tokyo Semmon Gakko (predecessor of Waseda University) in 1898.
Was appointed principal of Seijo Girls High School in 1908 and stayed in that capacity for 37 years till his death. In between also lectured at Tokyo Women's College and Waseda University.