Fukuzawa Yukichi Biography Review
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Table of Contents
- Introduction
- The youngest son in the family
- The signing of the Treaty of Kanagawa in 1854
- Fukuzawa: A vassal to the bakufu during the civil war
- The organization of the second punitive expedition
- Fukuzawa's participation in Japanese society as a private citizen
- Social and cultural debates
- The focus of the entire nation of Japan after the signing of the first unequal treaties
- Conclusion
Abstract
The biography on fukuzawa Yûkichi written by Helen M. Hopper explores one of the most influential private citizens and his views and actions during a critical period of development in Japanese history. The aim of the book is to explore the large contributions, and the influence that fukuzawa had in the modernization of Japan. Hopper explores the life of fukuzawa in a chronological order and relates the events in his life to the happenings of Japanese society on the whole. The origins of fukuzawa from the lowly the Nakatsu-han and from the lower part of the samurai ranks is a source of dissatisfaction for Yûkichi, however Yûkichi knowingly exploits his position and the system to achieve future success. Events in the Japanese world after fukuzawa's break from the rigid social hierarchy of Tokugawa Japan would see him turn further west than originally planned: Yûkichi would anticipate the Japanese turn to America and the English language in place of Dutch scholarship.
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