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Fukuzawa, Yukichi --- 福沢諭吉

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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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Kusama, Naokata --- 草間直方 --- Kawaji, Toshiakira --- 川路聖謨 --- Honda, Toshiaki --- 本多利明 --- Hirose, Tansō --- 広瀬淡窓 --- Shibusawa, Eiichi --- 渋沢栄一 --- Okada, Ryōichirō --- 岡田良一郎 --- Yuri, Kimimasa --- 由利公正 --- Ōkuma, Shigenobu --- 大隈重信 --- Fukuzawa, Yukichi --- 福沢諭吉 --- Katō, Rokuzō --- 加藤六蔵 --- Mutō, Sanji --- 武藤山治 --- Kiyoura, Keigo --- 清浦奎吾 --- Ōshima, Sadamasu --- 大島貞益 --- Takekoshi, Yosaburō --- 竹越與三郎 --- Ishida, Baigan --- 石田梅岩 --- Ye, Shi --- 葉適