Nishi Amane

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Meiji-era intellectual human philosopher statesman

Nishi Amane was a pioneering Meiji-era Japanese philosopher and statesman who helped introduce Western philosophy and legal thought to Japan.

Aliases (1)

Tsuda Mamichi ×1

Statements (64)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Meiji-era intellectual → human → philosopher → statesman →
birthDate	1829-03-07 →
birthPlace	Iwami Province NERFINISHED → Japan → Tsuwano Domain →
countryOfCitizenship	Japan →
deathDate	1897-01-31 →
deathPlace	Tokyo →
educatedAt	Bansho Shirabesho → Leiden University NERFINISHED →
era	Meiji period →
ethnicGroup	Japanese →
familyName	Nishi NERFINISHED →
fieldOfWork	education → ethics → legal theory → logic → philosophy → political thought →
genre	educational writing → legal theory → philosophical writing →
givenName	Amane →
influenced	Japanese legal thought → Japanese philosophy → Meiji intellectuals →
influencedBy	Auguste Comte → European positivism → Jeremy Bentham → John Stuart Mill → utilitarianism →
knownFor	coining modern Japanese philosophical terminology → introducing Western legal thought to Japan → introducing Western philosophy to Japan → popularizing the term tetsugaku for philosophy →
language	Chinese → Dutch → Japanese →
memberOf	Japanese government → Meirokusha →
movement	Meirokusha →
name	Nishi Amane →
nativeName	西周 →
notableWork	Hyakugaku Renkan → Hyakuichi Shinron → Ririgaku →
occupation	bureaucrat → educator → philosopher → statesman → translator →
participantIn	introduction of Western learning in Meiji Japan → modernization of Japan →
philosophicalSchool	positivism → utilitarianism →
positionHeld	member of the Council of State → official in the Meiji government → official in the Ministry of Justice of Japan →
religion	Confucianism →
studiedIn	the Netherlands →
studiedUnder	Simon Vissering →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Iwakura Mission → Iwakura Mission ("Tsuda Mamichi") →	participant
Nishi Amane →	name