Ono Azusa

Ono Azusa

Ono Azusa ( Japanese 小野 梓 ; born March 10, 1852 in Tosa Province ; died November 1, 1886 ) was a Japanese lawyer and politician during the Meiji period .

life and work

Ono Azusa, son of a samurai trader in the province of Tosa, attended the school of the Tosa domain and fought with the Tosa troops for the abolition of the shogunate. He studied Western sciences and learned English, traveled to the United States in 1871 to study law, then went to London where he studied British banking and the political system.

After his return in 1874 he founded the Kyōzon Dōshū ( 共存 同 衆 ), the "coexistence society " mainly with other Japanese who were abroad. The aim was to spread liberal ideas and the need for a constitution. He took up work in the Ministry of Justice in 1876 and worked on the text of the new civil law. He was secretary of the first government after 1868, the Dajōkan , the Genrōin and the Ministry of Finance . Being close to Ōkuma Shigenobu, he resigned with him in the political crisis of 1881.

Together with Yano Ryūkei ( 矢野 龍 渓 ; 1851-1931) Ono exerted a great influence on Ōkuma's political ideas. With Ōkuma he was involved in founding the Kaishintō party , in which he then played a leading role and influenced the formulation of manifestos and statements. He also supported Ōkuma in founding the Tōkyō Semmon Gakkō, today's Waseda University .

Ono contracted tuberculosis and died when he was only 33 years old. He left behind a number of works and translations on politics, legislation and economics, including Kokken Hanron ( 国 権 汎 論 ), written between 1882 and 1885, and Mimpō no hone ( 民法 の ほ ね ) from 1883. - Waseda University awards since 1959 the "Ono-Azusa-Gedächtnispreis" ( 小野 梓 記念 賞 , Ono Azusa kinenshō ) to the talented offspring of various departments.

Remarks

1. ↑ The political crisis of 1881 ( 明治 １４ 年 の 政 変 , Meiji 14-nen no seihen ) arose when Itō Hirobumi and Ōkuma could not agree on the timing of an elected legislature.

literature

• S. Noma (Ed.): Ono Azusa . In: Japan. An Illustrated Encyclopedia. Kodansha, 1993, ISBN 4-06-205938-X
• Hunter, Janet: Ono Azusa . 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 Ono is the family name, Azusa the first name.