Who was this person?
A Bakumatsu and Meiji thinker and educator, founder of Keiō Gijuku. He studied Dutch learning at Ogata Kōan’s Tekijuku in Osaka, and the school he opened in Edo became Keiō Gijuku. He travelled to the West three times, first aboard the Kanrin Maru, introduced Western society in Seiyō Jijō and urged the value of learning in An Encouragement of Learning. For decades he was the face of the 10,000-yen note.
| Name | Fukuzawa Yukichi (福沢諭吉) |
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| Born–died | 1835 – 1901 |
| Period | Late Edo–Meiji |
| Birthplace | Nakatsu domain warehouse residence, Osaka (now Fukushima-ku, Osaka) |
| Also known as | Fukuzawa Yukichi |
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Born the son of a low-ranking samurai at the Nakatsu domain's Osaka warehouse residence. His father died the next year and he grew up in Nakatsu (Ōita).
He went to Nagasaki and began studying Dutch learning.
He entered Ogata Kōan's Tekijuku in Osaka and later became head pupil.
On domain orders he went to Edo and opened a school of Dutch learning, the origin of Keiō Gijuku.
Visiting Yokohama, he was shocked to find Dutch useless and English in use, and began studying English.
He sailed to America aboard the Kanrin Maru.
He joined a shogunate mission and toured the countries of Europe.
He published Seiyō Jijō, explaining how Western societies worked; it was widely read.
He named his school Keiō Gijuku; he is said to have kept lecturing even on the day of the fighting at Ueno.
He published Gakumon no Susume, opening "Heaven creates no one above or below another", which became a huge bestseller.
He founded the newspaper Jiji Shinpō.
He died in Tokyo.
A. A Bakumatsu and Meiji thinker and educator, founder of Keiō Gijuku. He studied Dutch learning at Ogata Kōan’s Tekijuku in Osaka, and the school he opened in Edo became Keiō Gijuku. He travelled to the West three times, first aboard the Kanrin Maru, introduced Western society in Seiyō Jijō and urged the value of learning in An Encouragement of Learning. For decades he was the face of the 10,000-yen note.
A. Period: Late Edo–Meiji. Born in 1835, died in 1901.
A. Fukuzawa Yukichi was born in Nakatsu domain warehouse residence, Osaka (now Fukushima-ku, Osaka).
A. It opens with "Heaven does not create one person above or below another", arguing that people are born equal, that learning makes the difference between them, and that they should study practical knowledge in order to stand on their own. Issued in 17 parts from 1872, it was a huge bestseller.
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