Fukuzawa Yukichi

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Fukuzawa Yukichi was a leading 19th-century Japanese intellectual, educator, and writer who championed Western learning and modernization during the Meiji era.

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Fukuzawa Yukichi canonical 4
Meiji intellectuals 1

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instanceOf Japanese intellectual
educator
human
journalist
philosopher
political theorist
translator
writer
advocated education for all social classes
equality of opportunity
independence and self-respect
birthDate 1835-01-10
birthPlace Japan
Osaka
Settsu Province NERFINISHED
citizenship Japan
criticized blind adherence to Confucian orthodoxy
traditional feudal hierarchy
deathDate 1901-02-03
deathPlace Japan
Tokyo
educatedAt Dutch studies school in Nagasaki
Ogata Kōan's Tekijuku
era Meiji era
late Edo period
familyName Fukuzawa
fieldOfWork Western studies
education
political thought
social philosophy
founded Jiji Shimpō
Keio Gijuku NERFINISHED
Keio University NERFINISHED
gender male
givenName Yukichi
ideology individualism
liberalism
imageOnCurrency Japanese yen
surface form: 10,000 yen banknote
influenced Japanese modernization policy
Meiji intellectual discourse
knownFor advocacy of Western learning
founding Keio University
founding the newspaper Jiji Shimpō
promotion of modernization in Japan
writing "An Encouragement of Learning"
writing "An Outline of a Theory of Civilization"
language Dutch
English
Japanese
movement Westernization in Japan
modernization of Japan
rangaku
name Fukuzawa Yukichi self-link
nationality Japanese
nativeName 福澤諭吉
notableWork Bunmeiron no Gairyaku
Gakumon no Susume
Seiyō Jijō
occupation educator
journalist
publisher
translator
writer
participatedIn Iwakura Mission-related Western study efforts
Japanese mission to the United States (1860)
religion Confucian background
residence Edo
Tokyo
traveledTo Europe
United States of America
surface form: United States

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Keio University founder Fukuzawa Yukichi
Nishi Amane influenced Fukuzawa Yukichi
this entity surface form: Meiji intellectuals
Fukuzawa Yukichi name Fukuzawa Yukichi self-link
Meirokusha hasMember Fukuzawa Yukichi
Bansho Shirabesho notableMember Fukuzawa Yukichi