Great figures who went through “Living with a disability”
A disability from birth or later in life. Read the life stories of 3 Japanese historical figures who went through something similar.
More specific worries
- Limb disability (2 people)
- Blind or low vision (1 person)
- A visible difference (2 people)
Figures who went through this
- Date Masamune — The Man Who Played Tough to the End
"If you make a statue of me after I die, make both eyes right." Ashamed of his one blind eye, this man sent a robe to the mother who is said to have poisoned him. When his head was on the line, he brought up that eye himself. The last thing he left his daughter was a reply that stopped after one line.
- Noguchi Hideyo — The Man Who Could Never Pay It Back
His classmates each gave a small coin after his essay about his burned hand was shared with the class. From that day on, he kept borrowing, spending it all, and asking again. The messy, lovable life of the man who was once on Japan's 1,000-yen bill.
- Okuma Shigenobu — The Man Who Said He Didn't Mind Losing It
"The leg I should have cut off decades ago, and I managed to keep it until that day." A man who lost his right leg to a bomb said this. He called being thrown out of school a happiness, said even the illness that nearly killed him was not useless, and said even a lost leg was no great loss. This is the story of his brave front, and of the people who held it up.