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Count {{nihongo|'''Yorihiro Matsudaira'''|松平頼明|Matsudaira Yorihiro}}, Riji of [[Hongō Gakuen]], who was the descendant of the feudal lord of the former [[Takamatsu domain]], served as the International Commissioner of the [[Boy Scouts of Japan]] as well as president of the Boy Scouts Council of [[Kagawa]] prefecture. He was one of the original founders of [[Japanese Scouting]] in 1922. | Count {{nihongo|'''Yorihiro Matsudaira'''|松平頼明|Matsudaira Yorihiro}}, Riji of [[Hongō Gakuen]], who was the descendant of the feudal lord of the former [[Takamatsu domain]], served as the International Commissioner of the [[Boy Scouts of Japan]] as well as president of the Boy Scouts Council of [[Kagawa]] prefecture. He was one of the original founders of [[Japanese Scouting]] in 1922. | ||
Count Matsudaira, whose [[Matsudaira Yorihiro|namesake]] was a [[daimyo]] of the late [[Edo period]], the ninth lord of [[Takamatsu]], was the [[Takamatsu Domain|13th head]] of the [[Matsudaira clan|Matsudaira family]]. He established a troop in Tokyo, now [[Gakushūin]] Group 1 in [[Toshima]]. He had an extended tour of the United States, during which he was a leader of the delegation of 22 Japanese Boy Scouts to the National Jamboree of the Boy Scouts of America, held at [[Irvine Ranch]] in [[southern California]] in July 1953 and later spent a month at the [[Schiff Scout Reservation]] in New Jersey attending the national training school for Scout executives. He also visited the [[Arthur A. Schuck]], [[Chief Scout Executive]] at the national office of the Boy Scouts of America in New York City. | Count Matsudaira, whose [[Matsudaira Yorihiro (Takamatsu)|namesake]] was a [[daimyo]] of the late [[Edo period]], the ninth lord of [[Takamatsu]], was the [[Takamatsu Domain|13th head]] of the [[Matsudaira clan|Matsudaira family]]. He established a troop in Tokyo, now [[Gakushūin]] Group 1 in [[Toshima]]. He had an extended tour of the United States, during which he was a leader of the delegation of 22 Japanese Boy Scouts to the National Jamboree of the Boy Scouts of America, held at [[Irvine Ranch]] in [[southern California]] in July 1953 and later spent a month at the [[Schiff Scout Reservation]] in New Jersey attending the national training school for Scout executives. He also visited the [[Arthur A. Schuck]], [[Chief Scout Executive]] at the national office of the Boy Scouts of America in New York City. | ||
In 1981, Matsudaira was awarded the 149th ''[[Bronze Wolf]]'', the only distinction of the [[World Organization of the Scout Movement]], awarded by the World Scout Committee for exceptional services to world Scouting, at the 28th World Scout Conference. As his son Yoritake Matsudaira received the award in 2012, this is the first and thus far only time a father and son have both been awarded the Bronze Wolf. | In 1981, Matsudaira was awarded the 149th ''[[Bronze Wolf]]'', the only distinction of the [[World Organization of the Scout Movement]], awarded by the World Scout Committee for exceptional services to world Scouting, at the 28th World Scout Conference. As his son Yoritake Matsudaira received the award in 2012, this is the first and thus far only time a father and son have both been awarded the Bronze Wolf. | ||
