Motoda Nagazane

Motoda Nagazane

Motoda Nagazane ( Japanese 元 田 永 孚 , first name also read Eifu ; born October 30, 1818 in Kumamoto Prefecture ; died January 22, 1891 ) was a Japanese samurai of the late Edo and court officials, later a baron , during the early Meiji period .

life and work

Motoda Nagazane, who came from a samurai family, studied in the Han school Jishūkan ( 時 習 館 ) under Yokoi Shōnan , who introduced him to the pragmatic or realistic line ( 実 学 , Jitsugaku) ​​of neoconfucianism. After the Meiji Restoration , on the recommendation of kubo Toshimichi , he took up his work in the Imperial Court Office and worked there as a tutor to the young Emperor Meiji .

In 1886 Motoda was advisor at the court and in 1888 a member of the Privy Council of State ( 枢密院 , Sūmitsuin). As leader of the conservative wing at court, he supported the court's educational ideology, which focused on patriotism and admiration for the emperor. He was involved in the formulation of the Imperial Edict of Education , which was published in 1890.

Motoda's writings include “Instructions for Learning” ( 教学 大 旨 , Kyōgaku taishi) from 1879 and “Main Points for Educating the Young” ( 幼 学 綱要 , Yōgaku kōyō) from 1982. Other writings are “Notes on the 60th Birthday” ( 還 暦 之 記 , Kanreki no ki) and “Notes for the 70th birthday” ( 古稀 之 記 , Koki no ki).

Remarks

1. ↑ Kanreki means the completion of the cycle of earth branches and celestial stems , which one reaches at 60, Koki is a paraphrase of the 70th birthday.

literature

• S. Noma (Ed.): Motoda Nagazane . In: Japan. An Illustrated Encyclopedia. Kodansha, 1993, ISBN 4-06-205938-X , p. 1009.

Web links

• Motoda Nagazane

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