Nakae Chōmin
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Nakae Chōmin was a prominent Meiji-era Japanese political thinker, journalist, and translator who helped introduce Western liberal ideas to Japan and became a leading advocate for democracy and civil rights.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Meiji-era intellectual
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journalist ⓘ person ⓘ political thinker ⓘ translator ⓘ |
| activity | participation in the Freedom and People’s Rights Movement ⓘ |
| advocated |
civil liberties
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constitutional government ⓘ freedom of speech ⓘ popular sovereignty ⓘ representative government ⓘ |
| birthName | Nakae Tokusuke ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Japan ⓘ |
| era |
Meiji era
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surface form:
Meiji period
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| ethnicGroup | Japanese ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
education
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journalism ⓘ political philosophy ⓘ translation ⓘ |
| givenName | Tokusuke ⓘ |
| influenced |
Japanese democratic thought
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Taishō democracy intellectuals ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
French Enlightenment thought
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau ⓘ |
| knownFor |
advocacy of civil rights in Japan
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advocacy of democracy in Japan ⓘ introducing Western liberal ideas to Japan ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
French
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Japanese ⓘ |
| movement |
Freedom and People’s Rights Movement
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Japanese liberalism ⓘ |
| name |
Nakae Tokusuke
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surface form:
Nakae Chōmin
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| nativeName | 中江兆民 ⓘ |
| notableIdea |
adaptation of Rousseau’s social contract theory to Japan
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critique of authoritarian government in Meiji Japan ⓘ |
| notableWork |
A Discourse by Three Drunkards on Government
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Ichinen yūhan ⓘ Sansuijin keirin mondō ⓘ |
| occupation |
educator
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journalist ⓘ political philosopher ⓘ politician ⓘ translator ⓘ |
| politicalIdeology |
liberalism
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republicanism ⓘ |
| pseudonym | Chōmin ⓘ |
| region | Japan ⓘ |
| translatedAuthor | Jean-Jacques Rousseau ⓘ |
| translatedWork | The Social Contract ⓘ |
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