Yukichi fukuzawa autobiography books

          Dictated by Fukuzawa in , this autobiography offers a vivid portrait of the intellectual's life story and a rare look inside the formation of a new Japan.!

          Fukuzawa Yukichi

          Japanese author, teacher, and entrepreneur (1835–1901)

          In this Japanese name, the surname is Fukuzawa.

          Fukuzawa Yukichi (福澤 諭吉, January 10, 1835 – February 3, 1901) was a Japanese educator, philosopher, writer, entrepreneur and samurai who founded Keio Gijuku, the newspaper Jiji-Shinpō [jp], and the Institute for Study of Infectious Diseases.

          Fukuzawa was an early advocate for reform in Japan.

          Fukuzawa Yukichi was one of the tiny group of remarkable young samurai-scholars who transformed Japan from a secluded feudal society into a modern nation-state.

        1. Fukuzawa Yukichi was one of the tiny group of remarkable young samurai-scholars who transformed Japan from a secluded feudal society into a modern nation-state.
        2. Dictated by Fukuzawa in , this book vividly relates his story, from his childhood as a member of the lower samurai class in a small, caste-bound village.
        3. Dictated by Fukuzawa in , this autobiography offers a vivid portrait of the intellectual's life story and a rare look inside the formation of a new Japan.
        4. It is his autobiography, published just two years before his death in , that offers the most comprehensive record of his life and thought.
        5. He relates that his first knowledge on rifles and the art of shooting was obtained from.

          6. His ideas about the organization of government and the structure of social institutions made a lasting impression on a rapidly changing Japan during the Meiji period. He appears on the 10,000-Japanese yen banknote from 1984 to 2024, replacing Prince Shotoku.[1]

          Early life

          Fukuzawa Yukichi was born into an impoverished low-ranking samurai (military nobility) family of the Okudaira Clan of Nakatsu Domain (present-day Ōita, Kyushu) in 1835.

          His family lived in Osaka, the main trading center for Japan at the time.[2] His famil