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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 yukichi meiji restoration powerpoint

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.^[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