Takekoshi Yosaburō

Takegoshi Yosaburō

Takekoshi Yosaburō ( Japanese 竹 越 与 三郎 , also read Takegoshi Yosaburō ; born November 22, 1865 in Honjō-juku (本 庄 宿) in Musashi Province ; died January 12, 1950 in Tōkyō ) was a Japanese historian and politician .

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Takekoshi Yosaburō was born as the second son of Kiyono Sensaburō (清 野 仙 三郎). In 1880 he went to Tōkyō and studied the Keiō Gijuku (慶 應 義 塾), the forerunner of the Keiō University under Nakamura Keiu (中 村 敬宇; 1831-1891) and Fukuzawa Yukichi . In 1883 he was adopted by his uncle Takekoshi Tōhei (竹 越 藤 平). While he was working as a journalist for the liberal "Jiji shimpō" (時事 新 報) and other newspapers, the politician Saionji Kimmochi noticed him and employed him as the editor of his magazine "Japan in the World" (世界 の 日本, Sekai no Nihon) . On Saionji's recommendation, he then worked for the Ministry of Culture.

In 1902 Takekoshi was elected to the lower house of the Reichstag as a representative of the Rikken Seiyūkai and was then re-elected four times. In 1923 he moved to the House of Lords and in 1940 he became a member of the Secret State Council . Takekoshi died at home in Tōkyō in 1950.

Takekoshi established his reputation as a historian with his “New History of Japan” (新 日本史, Shin Nihon-shi) from the years 1891 to 1892. His main work is the “Economic History of Japan” (日本 経 済 史, Nihon keizai-shi).

Remarks

1. ↑ Today part of Saitama Prefecture .

literature

• S. Noma (Ed.): Takegoshi Yosaburō . In: Japan. An Illustrated Encyclopedia. Kodansha, 1993, ISBN 4-06-205938-X , p. 1514.

Web links

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• Takekoshi biographies in the Kotobank

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