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.
Statements (51)
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| instanceOf |
Japanese statesman
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Meiji-era politician → educator → person → |
| birthDate |
1847-08-23
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| birthPlace |
Kagoshima
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Satsuma Domain → |
| causeOfDeath |
assassination
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| convertedTo |
Christianity
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| countryOfCitizenship |
Japan
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| deathDate |
1889-02-11
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| deathPlace |
Tokyo
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| educatedAt |
Kaiseijo (Tokyo Kaisei School)
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University College London → |
| era |
Meiji period
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| ethnicGroup |
Japanese
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| familyName |
Mori
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| givenName |
Arinori
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| ideology |
liberalism
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modernizationism → |
| influenced |
Meiji education policy
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modern Japanese school system → |
| influencedBy |
British educational models
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Western liberal thought → |
| killedAt |
Kanda, Tokyo
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| killedOn |
1889-02-11
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| mannerOfDeath |
stabbed
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| memberOf |
Meirokusha
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| name |
Mori Arinori
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| nativeLanguage |
Japanese
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| notableFor |
advocating coeducation of boys and girls
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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
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| officeStart |
Minister of Education of Japan, 1885
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| positionHeld |
Japanese ambassador to the United States
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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)
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| reasonForAssassination |
perceived disrespect toward Shinto and the Emperor
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| religion |
Christianity
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| studiedIn |
United Kingdom
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United States → |
| workField |
diplomacy
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education policy → politics → |
Referenced by (2)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
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Mori Arinori
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name |
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Iwakura Mission
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participant |