Fukuzawa Yukichi

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Fukuzawa Yukichi was a leading 19th-century Japanese intellectual, educator, and writer who championed Western learning and modernization during the Meiji era.

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Fukuzawa Yukichi canonical 18
Meiji intellectuals 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Japanese intellectual ⓘ
educator ⓘ
human ⓘ
journalist ⓘ
philosopher ⓘ
political theorist ⓘ
translator ⓘ
writer ⓘ
advocated education for all social classes ⓘ
equality of opportunity ⓘ
independence and self-respect ⓘ
birthDate 1835-01-10 ⓘ
birthPlace Japan ⓘ
Osaka ⓘ
Settsu Province ⓘ
citizenship Japan ⓘ
criticized blind adherence to Confucian orthodoxy ⓘ
traditional feudal hierarchy ⓘ
deathDate 1901-02-03 ⓘ
deathPlace Japan ⓘ
Tokyo ⓘ
educatedAt Dutch studies school in Nagasaki ⓘ
Ogata Kōan's Tekijuku ⓘ
era Meiji era ⓘ
late Edo period ⓘ
familyName Fukuzawa ⓘ
fieldOfWork Western studies ⓘ
education ⓘ
political thought ⓘ
social philosophy ⓘ
founded Jiji Shimpō ⓘ
Keio Gijuku ⓘ
linked to: Keio University

Keio University ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
givenName Yukichi ⓘ
ideology individualism ⓘ
liberalism ⓘ
imageOnCurrency 10,000 yen banknote ⓘ
linked to: Japanese yen
influenced Japanese modernization policy ⓘ
Meiji intellectual discourse ⓘ
knownFor advocacy of Western learning ⓘ
founding Keio University ⓘ
founding the newspaper Jiji Shimpō ⓘ
promotion of modernization in Japan ⓘ
writing "An Encouragement of Learning" ⓘ
writing "An Outline of a Theory of Civilization" ⓘ
language Dutch ⓘ
English ⓘ
Japanese ⓘ
movement Westernization in Japan ⓘ
modernization of Japan ⓘ
rangaku ⓘ
name Fukuzawa Yukichi ⓘ
nationality Japanese ⓘ
nativeName 福澤諭吉 ⓘ
notableWork Bunmeiron no Gairyaku ⓘ
Gakumon no Susume ⓘ
Seiyō Jijō ⓘ
occupation educator ⓘ
journalist ⓘ
publisher ⓘ
translator ⓘ
writer ⓘ
participatedIn Iwakura Mission-related Western study efforts ⓘ
Japanese mission to the United States (1860) ⓘ
religion Confucian background ⓘ
residence Edo ⓘ
Tokyo ⓘ
traveledTo Europe ⓘ
United States ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Keio University → founder → Fukuzawa Yukichi ⓘ
Nishi Amane → influenced → Meiji intellectuals ⓘ
linked to: Fukuzawa Yukichi
Fukuzawa Yukichi → name → Fukuzawa Yukichi ⓘ
Meirokusha → hasMember → Fukuzawa Yukichi ⓘ
Bansho Shirabesho → notableMember → Fukuzawa Yukichi ⓘ
An Encouragement of Learning → author → Fukuzawa Yukichi ⓘ
An Outline of a Theory of Civilization → author → Fukuzawa Yukichi ⓘ
Jiji Shimpō → foundedBy → Fukuzawa Yukichi ⓘ
Jiji Shimpō → notableEditor → Fukuzawa Yukichi ⓘ
Dutch studies school in Nagasaki → educated → Fukuzawa Yukichi ⓘ
Dutch studies school in Nagasaki → student → Fukuzawa Yukichi ⓘ
Ogata Kōan's Tekijuku → hasStudent → Fukuzawa Yukichi ⓘ
Gakumon no Susume → author → Fukuzawa Yukichi ⓘ
Gakumon no Susume → associatedPerson → Fukuzawa Yukichi ⓘ
Bunmeiron no Gairyaku → author → Fukuzawa Yukichi ⓘ
Bunmeiron no Gairyaku → workOf → Fukuzawa Yukichi ⓘ
Seiyō Jijō → author → Fukuzawa Yukichi ⓘ