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Yukichi Fukuzawa (1835-1901) was a leading figure in the cultural revolution that transformed Japan from an isolated feudal nation into a full-fledged player in the modern world. He translated a wide range of Western works and adapted them to Japanese needs, inventing a colorful prose style close to the vernacular. He also authored many books, which were critical in introducing the powerful but alien culture of the West to the Japanese. Only by adopting the strengths and virtues of the West, he argued, could Japan maintain its independence despite the "disease" of foreign relations.Dictated by Fukuzawa in 1897, this autobiography offers a vivid portrait of the intellectual's life story and a rare look inside the formation of a new Japan. Starting with his childhood in a small castle town as a member of the lower samurai class, Fukuzawa recounts in great detail his adventures as a student learning Dutch, as a traveler bound for America, and as a participant in the tumultuous politics of the pre-Restoration era. Particularly notable is Fukuzawa's ability to view the new Japan from both the perspective of the West and that of the old Japan in which he had been raised. While a strong advocate for the new civilization, he was always aware of its roots in the old.

Educators --- Fukuzawa, Yukichi, --- 08 --- JP / Japan - Japon --- Biografieën en memoires --- Fukuzawa, Yukichi --- 福沢諭吉 --- v Biography.

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"It is said that Japan is currently experiencing its third opening to the outside world. However, in terms of importance, rather than the so-called second opening--which refers to the reforms following World War II--the more significant opening was that of the Meiji Restoration, initiated and carried out by the Japanese themselves. Consequently, as Japan today finds itself feeling trapped with a sense of despair, it is to the Meiji era that we should turn, and more than to anyone else, the person we should turn to is Fukuzawa Yukichi. With the general reader in mind, this volume brings together the results of the present-day research into the accomplishments of Fukuzawa as part of an overall appraisal of the man himself".

J1570 --- J2284.70 --- J3373 --- Japan: Philosophy -- individual philosophers -- Kindai (1850s-1945), Bakumatsu, Meiji and Taishō --- Japan: Genealogy and biography -- biographies -- kindai (1850s- ), bakumatsu, meiji, taishō --- Japan: History -- Kindai, modern -- Meiji period (1868-1912) -- modernization and innovation --- Japan: Genealogy and biography -- biographies -- kindai (1850s- ), bakumatsu, Meiji, Taishō --- Educators --- Savoir et érudition --- Vie intellectuelle --- Histoire --- Histoire et critique. --- Fukuzawa, Yukichi, --- Knowledge and learning --- Intellectual life --- History and criticism. --- Histoire et critique