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Meirokusha
The Society of the Famous Six
March 1874 - November 1875
Fukuzawa Yukichi(1834-1901)
Mori Arinori(1847-1889)
• Satsuma samurai• Ambassador to U.S,
early 1870s• Ambassador to Qing
China (1875-78), England (1879-84)
• Minister of Education, 1885-
• Assassinated 1889
Nakamura Masanao(1832-1891)
• Edo native• Confucian teacher• Sent to London by
Tokugawa, 1866-68• Translator: Sam.
Smiles’ Self Help; J.S.Mill’s On Liberty
• 1874 became Christian
Tsuda Mamichi(1829-1903)
• Okayama samurai• Bakufu school teacher
in Western Learning• Studied economics
and law in Holland, 1862-65
• Legal expert in Meiji Ministries (Justice, Foreign Affairs, War)
Katô Hiroyuki(1836-1916)
• Hyôgo samurai• Bakufu student of
Western learning, mil. Sciences, German
• Early advocate of natural rights
• 1880s grew conservative (e.g., restricted electorate)
Civilization game
Civilization and enlightenment
• 1872 exposition 1877 exhibition
Adoption of Western culture
• Koyama Shôtarô’s portrait of his mentor, Kawakami Tôgai, 1881
• Technical Art School, Tokyo, founded 1876
Adoption of Western culture
• Tokyo Music Academy (1898-1912)
• Military bands• Folk songs in
school curricula
Rokumeikan, late 1880s diplomatic reception hall
Kôchi city street, 1878
Ginza, 1876