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Fukuzawa Yukichi

Keio University

Tokyo Bay

Ideas for Fukuzawa Yukichi article:

-Expand biography section; possibly include mentions of his family.

-Include more about his views i.e. on women's rights and gender equality.

Article additions so far:

"After suffering a stroke on January 25, 1901, Fukuzawa Yukichi died on February 3. He was buried at Zenpuku-ji, in the Azabu area of Tokyo.[2] Alumni of Keio-Gijuku University hold a ceremony there every year on February 3."

"Fukuzawa's writings may have been the foremost of the Edo period and Meiji period." '''They played a large role in the introduction of Western culture into Japan. '''

"Fukazawa Yukichi spoke up in favor of equality between husbands and wives, the education of girls as well as boys, and the equal love of daughters and sons. At the same time, he called attention to harmful practices such as woman’s inability to own property in their own name and the familial distress that took place when married men took mistresses. However, even Yukichi was not willing to propose equal rights for men and women; only for husbands and wives. (Hopper, 107). His unwillingness to propose total gender equality is reflected in the culture of his time. The idea of total gender equality was an almost non-existent one during this era, both in Japan and in the West (Hopper, 73). Unfortunately, while some of Yukichi’s other proposed reforms, such as education reforms, found an eager audience, his ideas about women received a less enthusiastic reception. Many in Japan were incredibly reluctant to challenge the traditional gender roles, in spite of numerous individuals speaking up in favor of greater gender equality."

Source: Fukuzawa Yukichi: From Samurai to Capitalist by Helen M. Hopper