Fukuzawa Yukichi

福沢諭吉 日本語版へ

Biography

Born in Osaka as the son of a samurai of the Nakatsu Domain in Buzen Province. He studied at Ogata Kōan's Tekijuku in Osaka and traveled to the West as a member of shogunate envoys. He founded Keiō Gijuku (later Keio University) and published influential works on modernization including "Things Western" (Seiyō Jijō), "An Encouragement of Learning" (Gakumon no Susume), "An Outline of a Theory of Civilization" (Bunmeiron no Gairyaku), and his "Autobiography" (Fukuō Jiden). He is regarded as the foremost intellectual leader of Japan's modernization.

Publication Venues (3 venues)Click to filter works by venue

Selected Works (35 works recorded in Aozora Bunko)

  • 学問のすすめ (Gakumon no Susume) (1872)
  • 中津留別の書 (Nakatsu Ryūbetsu no Sho) (1872)
  • 改暦弁 (Kaireki Ben) (1873)
  • 亜細亜諸国との和戦は我栄辱に関するなきの説 (Ajia Shokoku to no Wasen wa Waga Eijoku nikansuru Naki no Setsu) (1875)
  • 学者安心論 (Gakusha Anshin Ron) (1876)
  • 家庭習慣の教えを論ず (Katei Shūkan no Oshie o Ronzu) (1876)
  • 教育の目的 (Kyōiku no Mokuteki) (1879)
  • 物理学の要用 (Butsuri Gaku no Yōyō) (1882)
  • 経世の学、また講究すべし (Keisei no Gaku mata Kōkyū Su Beshi) (1882)
  • 故社員の一言今尚精神 (Ko Shain no Hitokoto Ima nao Seishin) (1882)
  • 帝室論 (Teishitsu Ron) (1882)
  • 徳育如何 (Tokuiku Ika) (1882)
  • 学問の独立 (Gakumon no Dokuritsu) (1883)
  • 政事と教育と分離すべし (Seiji to Kyōiku to Bunri Su Beshi) (1884)
  • 慶応義塾学生諸氏に告ぐ (Keiōgijuku Gakusei Shoshi ni Tsugu) (1886)
  • 成学即身実業の説、学生諸氏に告ぐ (Naru Gaku Soku Mi Jitsugyō no Setsu Gakusei Shoshi ni Tsugu) (1886)
  • 日本男子論 (Nippon Danshi Ron) (1888)
  • 文明教育論 (Bummei Kyōiku Ron) (1889)
  • 読倫理教科書 (Kyōkasho) (1890)
  • 蘭学事始再版之序 (Rangaku Kotohajime Saihan no Jo) (1890)
  • 人生の楽事 (Jinsei no Raku Goto) (1893)
  • 〔気品の泉源、智徳の模範〕 (Kihin no Sengen Tomonori no Mohan) (1896)
  • 明治三十一年三月十二日三田演説会に於ける演説 (Meiji San Jū Ichi Nen Sangatsu Jū Ni Nichi Mita Enzetsu Kai ni Oke ru Enzetsu) (1898)
  • 福翁自伝 (Fuku Ō Jiden) (1898)
  • 修身要領 (Shūshin Yōryō) (1900)
  • 瘠我慢の説 (No Setsu) (1901)
  • 中元祝酒の記 (Chūgen Iwaizake no Ki) (—)
  • 京都学校の記 (Kyōto Gakkō no Ki) (—)
  • 学校の説 (Gakkō no Setsu) (—)
  • 御時務の儀に付申上候書付 (Go Jimu no Gi ni Tsuke Saru Jō Kō Kakitsuke) (—)

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