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Fukuzawa Yukichi

1835 - 1901

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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, and the Institute for Study of Infectious Diseases. Fukuzawa was an early advocate for reform in Japan. 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Fukuzawa Yukichi is the 362nd most popular philosopher (down from 300th in 2019), the 153rd most popular biography from Japan (down from 100th in 2019) and the most popular Japanese Philosopher.

Fukuzawa Yukichi is most famous for his book "An Outline of a Theory of Civilization," in which he argued that Japan's cultural identity is based on the "three pillars" of Confucianism, Buddhism, and Shinto.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Fukuzawa Yukichi ranks 362 out of 1,267. Before him are Otto Neurath, Peter Singer, Abul A'la Maududi, Nasir Khusraw, John Philoponus, and George Santayana. After him are Julius Caesar Scaliger, Stilpo, Ramanuja, Maurice Halbwachs, Francisco de Vitoria, and Étienne Cabet.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1835, Fukuzawa Yukichi ranks 18. Before him are Demetrius Vikelas, Samuel Butler, Henryk Wieniawski, César Cui, Eduard Strauss, and Mirza Ghulam Ahmad. After him are William Stanley Jevons, Nikolai Rubinstein, Alexander Agassiz, Leopold, Prince of Hohenzollern, Hijikata Toshizō, and John La Farge. Among people deceased in 1901, Fukuzawa Yukichi ranks 16. Before him are Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld, George Francis FitzGerald, Chlodwig, Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst, Li Hongzhang, Charles Hermite, and Milan I of Serbia. After him are Abdur Rahman Khan, Peter Tait, Adolf Eugen Fick, Gaetano Bresci, Francesco Crispi, and Elisha Gray.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Fukuzawa Yukichi ranks 153 out of 6,245. Before him are Emperor Kōrei (-341), Tarō Asō (1940), Abe no Seimei (921), Junichiro Koizumi (1942), Kunishige Kamamoto (1944), and Nobusuke Kishi (1896). After him are Yasuo Takamori (1934), Sen no Rikyū (1522), Shoichi Nishimura (1912), Ashikaga Takauji (1305), Masao Uchino (1934), and Emperor Go-Sai (1638).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Japan

Among philosophers born in Japan, Fukuzawa Yukichi ranks 1. After him are Masanobu Fukuoka (1913), Hakuin Ekaku (1686), Daisaku Ikeda (1928), Kitaro Nishida (1870), Motoori Norinaga (1730), Hayashi Razan (1583), Arai Hakuseki (1657), and Ogyū Sorai (1666).

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