Editing Sōsuke Uno (section)

==Early life and education ==
[[File:Sosuke Uno 1952.jpg|thumb|Sōsuke Uno (at the [[:ja:守山映画劇場|Daikokuza Theatre]] on 1952). ]]
Uno was born in [[Moriyama, Shiga]]. His family owned a [[sake]] brewery called Arachō, and had served as town officials (Japanese: ''Toshiyori''). The family had previously ran a hotel and a general store in his birth home.<ref>{{Cite web |title=守山宿・町家「うの家（け）」 |url=http://www.unoke.jp/history.php |access-date=2022-05-07 |website=Unoke}}</ref>

In 1943, he graduated from Hikone Commercial College (later, [[Shiga University]]) where he led Hikone Commercial College to the national champion of [[Kendo]] among the commercial universities and colleges in Japan and attended the [[Kobe University|Kobe College of Commerce]] but had to leave the University two months later after the enrollment because he was called into the [[Imperial Japanese Army]] as an officer during [[World War II]].<ref name="uno">[https://blog.goo.ne.jp/ntt000012/e/fad36a412f47e0b034a8c3c3877f6971 【滋賀・近江の先人第120回】滋賀県初の第75代内閣総理大臣・宇野宗佑（守山市）]{{in lang|ja}}</ref><ref name="note">[https://note.com/songtenor0506/n/n77476f23282f 政治家の履歴書・総理編 ～宇野宗佑～]{{in lang|ja}}</ref> After the war, he was sent to [[Siberia]] as a prisoner.<ref name="uno" /> He never came back to [[Kobe University|Kobe College of Commerce]] again.<ref name="uno" />

As well as a politician, Uno was an accomplished writer, who wrote a book considered classic in Japan about his experiences as a prisoner of war in [[Siberia]].