Kume Kunitake

E76479

Meiji-era intellectual historian human scholar statesman

Kume Kunitake was a Meiji-era Japanese scholar, historian, and statesman best known for documenting the Iwakura Mission’s journey and for his influential writings on Japan’s modernization.

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Meiji-era intellectual → historian → human → scholar → statesman →
academicDiscipline	history →
authorOf	Tokumei Zenken Taishi Bei-O Kairan Jikki →
countryOfCitizenship	Japan →
dateOfBirth	1839 →
dateOfDeath	1931 →
educatedAt	Kangien academy →
employer	Tokyo Imperial University NERFINISHED →
era	Meiji period →
fieldOfWork	Japanese history → historiography → history → modernization of Japan →
gender	male →
ideologicalStance	advocate of modernization → critic of State Shinto as national ideology →
influenced	modern Japanese historiography →
influencedBy	Western historical scholarship →
knownFor	critical views on State Shinto → documenting the Iwakura Mission’s journey → writings on Japan’s modernization →
languageOfWorkOrName	Japanese →
livedIn	Tokyo →
memberOf	Iwakura Mission →
movement	Meiji Enlightenment →
name	Kume Kunitake →
nationality	Japanese →
nativeName	久米邦武 →
notableWork	Tokumei Zenken Taishi Bei-O Kairan Jikki →
occupation	historian → professor at Tokyo Imperial University → scholar → statesman → university professor →
participantIn	Iwakura Mission to the United States and Europe →
placeOfBirth	Hizen Province NERFINISHED → Saga Domain →
placeOfDeath	Tokyo →
positionHeld	official historian of the Iwakura Mission →
roleInEvent	chronicler of the Iwakura Mission →
wroteAbout	Western education systems → Western political systems → comparative civilization →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Tokumei Zenken Taishi Bei-O Kairan Jikki →	author
Kume Kunitake →	name
Iwakura Mission →	participant
Iwakura Mission →	primaryChronicler