Mitsukuri Rinshō

Mitsukuri Rinshō, 1888

Mitsukuri Rinshō ( Japanese 箕 作 麟祥 , actually Mitsukuri Teiichirō (箕 作 貞 一郎); born September 19, 1846 in Edo , today's Tokyo ; died November 29, 1897 ) was a Japanese lawyer and politician during the Meiji period .

life and work

Mitsukuri Rinshō was born as a member of the Tsuyama-Han in Edo . He studied at the Bakufu School of Western Sciences, the "Bansho Shirabejo" (蕃 書 調 所) and then worked there. In 1867 he was a member of Bakufu's delegation to the World Exhibition in Paris in 1867 .

After the Meiji Restoration in 1868, Mitsukuri became the new government's official translator and worked in the Ministry of Justice. Together with the French lawyer and government advisor Gustave Boissonade , he worked on the formulation of the civil code and commercial legislation. In 1873 he joined the association of intellectuals that dealt with the modernization of Japan, the Meirokusha , to which his uncle, the specialist in educational issues Mitsukuri Shūhei , belonged.

Mitsukuri was a member of the Genrōin from 1880 , was Deputy Minister of Justice from 1888 to 1891 and from 1890 a member of the House of Lords. In this position and as a member of numerous special committees, he played an important role in discussions and drafting laws. He was also director of the "Japanese-French School of Law" (和 仏 法律 学校, Wafutsu hōsei gakkō), the later Hōsei University , wrote and translated a lot on questions of law.

literature

• S. Noma (Ed.): Mitsukuri Rinshō . In: Japan. An Illustrated Encyclopedia. Kodansha, 1993, ISBN 4-06-205938-X . P. 984.
• Hunter, Janet: Mitsukuri Rinshō . In: Concise Dictionary of Modern Japanese History. Kodansha International, 1984. ISBN 4-7700-1193-8 .

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Japanese name: As is common in Japan, the family name comes before the first name in this article . Thus Mitsukuri is the family name, Rinshō the first name.