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Yukichi Fukuzawa 1835-1901

The Spirit of Enterprise in Modern Japan

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  1. N. Tamaki
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Yukichi Fukuzawa was one of the most effective business entrepreneurs in early modern Japan. He was the inspiration of the Yokohama Specie Bank, without which the Japanese could not have set up a sound banking system. He instigated the bookstore chain Maruzen. He was adviser to the newly founded shipbuilding and mining Mitsubishi and helped drag the old established House of Mitsui into the modern age. It is no surprise that Fukuzawa is featured on the Japanese ¥10000 bank note.

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'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

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

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Yukichi Fukuzawa 1835-1901

  • Book Subtitle: The Spirit of Enterprise in Modern Japan

  • Authors: N. Tamaki

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: History (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2001

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-333-80121-5Published: 06 September 2001

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXVI, 252

  • Topics: Asian History, Economics, general, History of Japan, Economic History

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