Early Life
Shiga was born in Ishinomaki city, Miyagi prefecture. His father, the son of a samurai, was a banker. The family moved to Tokyo when Shiga was three, to live with his grandparents, who were largely responsible for raising him. Shiga's mother died when he was thirteen and his father remarried not long after. Shiga graduated from the Gakushuin Peer's School and attended Tokyo Imperial University, where he met Uchimura Kanzō (who converted him to Christianity). However, he left university without graduating.
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