Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Yoshida Shoin Yoshida Shoin (吉田 松陰 1830-1859) is a Japanese scholar and teacher. Born in Choshu domain, he, after released from house arrest, opened a private school, Shoka Sonjyuku to teach the youth military arts and politics. In 1859, he was executed. This article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by fixing it. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.