Mori Arinori

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Mori Arinori was a pioneering Meiji-era Japanese statesman and educator who played a key role in modernizing Japan’s education system and served as the country’s first Minister of Education.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Japanese statesman
Meiji-era politician
educator
person
birthDate 1847-08-23
birthPlace Kagoshima NERFINISHED
Satsuma Domain
causeOfDeath assassination
convertedTo Christianity
countryOfCitizenship Japan
deathDate 1889-02-11
deathPlace Tokyo
educatedAt Kaiseijo (Tokyo Kaisei School)
University College London
era Meiji period
ethnicGroup Japanese
familyName Mori
givenName Arinori
ideology liberalism
modernizationism
influenced Meiji education policy
modern Japanese school system
influencedBy British educational models
Western liberal thought
killedAt Kanda, Tokyo NERFINISHED
killedOn 1889-02-11
mannerOfDeath stabbed
memberOf Meirokusha
name Mori Arinori
nativeLanguage Japanese
notableFor advocating coeducation of boys and girls
being the first Minister of Education of Japan
founding the Meirokusha intellectual society
introducing Western-style educational ideas to Japan
modernizing Japan’s education system
promoting compulsory education in Japan
supporting English-language education
officeEnd Minister of Education of Japan, 1889
officeStart Minister of Education of Japan, 1885
positionHeld Japanese ambassador to the United States
Minister of Education of Japan
Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs of Japan
member of the House of Peers
publication Education in Japan (English-language essays)
reasonForAssassination perceived disrespect toward Shinto and the Emperor
religion Christianity
studiedIn United Kingdom NERFINISHED
United States
workField diplomacy
education policy
politics

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