Yukichi Fukuzawa 1835-1901

NORIO TAMAKI is Professor of Japan's Economic, Social and Banking History at Keio University.

• Abbreviations List of Tables List of Maps List of Photos Fukuzawa Family Tree Fukuzawa Chronology Preface PART I: THE FATHERLESS BOY IN REBELLIOUS JAPAN, 1835-1859 Nakatsu and Nagasaki, Feudal Lords and Dutch Interlopers The Quest for Western Studies in Nagasaki and Osaka A Schoolmaster Learning English in Edo: 'His kimono pockets always full of books' PART II: EXPLORING THE WEST, 1860=1867 Kanrinmaru, the First Japanese Journey Across the Pacific, February to June 1980 London a Treasure Trove: 'Enrich the country and strengthen the army' a year in Europe, January 1862 to January 1863 On A Wild Goose Chase : a Mission to USA, February to July 1867 PART III: EDUCATING THE JAPANESE POPLE, 1866-1875 The Making of Conditions in the West 'I cannot work as a subordinate' : Independence at Keio Gijuku, 1868, Tokyo (Edo) A Scholarly Entrepreneur: A Change of direction in the mid 1870s PART IV: LEARN AND EARN, EARN AND LEARN : The Entrepreneurial Businessman, 1869-1893 Maruzen, a Joint Stock Experiment The Yokohama Specie Bank, the Guardian of Japan's Gold and Silver Mitsubishi the Three Diamonds and Yataro Iwasaki 'The Mitsui matter is very delicate indeed' PART V: 'THE LEADER OF THE PEOPLE' 1897-1901 Scholars Division of Labour: I am going to meet visitors in Kojunsha Jiji Shinpo out of the Political Turbulence of 1881: Leave Asia The Rise and Rise of Keio Businessmen: 'the genuine business method in the civilization' 'The Saga of Mita' Appendix: Directory of fifty men associated with Fukuzawa Notes Bibliography Index

'Published in the centenary year of his death, this book supplies what has long been needed: a critical biography in English of a major Japanese figure. It contains fine illustrations and generous quotations from original sources which are of outstanding interest.' - Ian Nish, The Japan Society