Makiguchi's immediate disciple, Josei Today, implemented the ideals of Soka Education in his pre-war tutoring academy, the Gishu Gakkan. Both Makiguchi and Toda were imprisoned during World War Two due to their resistance to the military-Shinto regime. Makiguchi died a martyr in prison and Toda was released just prior to the end of the war. Josei Toda was became the second president of the Soka Gakkai and died in 1958.
The principles of Soka Education were outlined by Tsunesaburo Makiguchi in Value Creating Education published in 1930. (Sections of this book are available in a translation by Dayle Bethel entitled Education for Creative Living.) The publication of Makiguchi's book is regarded as the birthdate of the Soka Kyoiku Gakkai (The Value Creating Educational Society) which was the forerunner of today's Soka Gakkai.
Daisaku Ikeda, the third president of the Soka Gakkai, actualized many of the educational dreams of Makiguchi and Toda. Ikeda in particular founded Soka University and several private K-12 Soka schools in Japan and around the world.
