前田富士男, 米山光儀, 小室正紀.

福沢諭吉展. 未来をひらく. [Keiō gijuku sōritsu hyaku gojisshūnen kinen]. [Mirai o hiraku].
Fukuzawa Yukichi: Living the Future.

Tokyo. Keiōgijuku. 2009. Stock ID #171497

Colour and black and white illustrations, 424pp, selected bibliography, chronology, lower edge upper cover and corners bumped, some very minor water damage lower cover and paper band but otherwise a very good hardback copy. 28.5 x 22cm.

"Fukuzawa Yukichi (1835-1901) [Tenpo 5 - Meiji 34] was a true innovator of his time, active from the end of Japan's feudal period into the first 30 years of the tumultuous Meiji era, leaving an indelible mark on Japan's modernization. Although born in Osaka into a low-ranking samurai family of the Nakatsu Clan (present day Oita Prefecture), Fukuzawa returned to his family's native Nakatsu after his father's early death, spending almost his entire childhood there.

Widely recognized for his contributions to Japan's modernization, Fukuzawa never veered during his lifetime from being a private citizen, accepting neither official positions nor awards. Fukuzawa raised numerous issues regarding modernization, such as civilized humanity, education for cultivating personal independence, gender equality, decentralisation of government authority, development of creative undertakings, media development, and widening one's international perspective. Many of these issues he put forward have to this day still not been completely addressed." (From the foreword).

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