Screen LibrarySelf-respect and independence of mind : the challenge of Fukuzawa Yukichi /
"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 c...
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Japan Publishing Industry Foundation for Culture,
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| Publisher Address: | Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo : |
| Publication Dates: | 2017. |
| Literature type: | Book |
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English Japanese |
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Japan library
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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 toget |
| Item Description: |
Translation from Japanese of: Dokuritsu jison : Fukuzawa Yukichi no chōsen. Exchange. |
| Carrier Form: | 335 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 322-324). |
| ISBN: |
9784916055620 : 4916055624 |
| Index Number: | LB775 |
| CLC: | K833.135.46 |
| Call Number: | K833.135.46/F961K |
| Contents: | The Nakatsu period -- Ogata's Tekijuku -- Going to America -- Learning about Europe -- Condition in the West -- Keio Gijuku -- An encouragement of learning -- An outline of a theory of civilization -- Leaders of Meiji restoration and Fukuzawa Yukichi -- "Discourse on the National Assembly" and the political crisis of 1881 -- Home and daily life -- The Korean issue -- Establishment of the cabinet system and treaty revision -- The early diet and the Sino-Japanese War -- Last years and death -- Fukuzawa chronology. |