Tanaka Fujimaro

Tanaka Fujimaro

Tanaka Fujimaro ( Japanese 田中 不二 麿 ; born October 16, 1845 in Owari Province , now Aichi Prefecture ; died September 8, 1909 ) was a Japanese politician during the Meiji period .

life and work

Tanaka Fujimaro was born the son of a samurai of the Owari-Han . He participated as a commissioner for education and training in the Iwakura mission from 1871 to 1873, met Niijima Jō at Amherst College and studied the Western educational systems thoroughly. After his return in 1874 he became Deputy Minister of Education in the new government. From 1876 to 1877 he visited the USA again and saw the Centennial Exhibitionin Philadelphia, attended educational institutions and on return worked to improve the Japanese school administration system. He revised the education decree of 1872, which he felt was too centralistic. In doing so, he created the basis for the new education decree of 1879, which was not so centralized. The criticism that this decree would lead to unclear behavior on the part of the students, even the decandez, induced Tanaka to leave the Ministry of Culture. In 1880 he took over the Ministry of Justice (司法 省, Shihōshō), worked as envoy in Italy and France and was again Minister of Justice from May 6, 1891 to July 23, 1892, in the 1st Matsukata cabinet . - Tanaka was a member of the Meirokusha Association .

In connection with the newly established music research center (音 楽 取 調 掛, Ongaku torishirabegakari) he sent the music teacher Isawa Shūji (伊 沢 修 二; 1851-1917) and companion to Europe and America. One result was that the German songs with songs like "Hänschen klein" (蝶 々, Chōchō), "All birds are already there" (霞 か 雲 か, Kasumi ka, kumo ka) or “Loreley” (ロ ー レ ラ イ) in schools was and is taught.

literature

• S. Noma (Ed.): Tanaka Fujimaro . In: Japan. An Illustrated Encyclopedia. Kodansha, 1993, ISBN 4-06-205938-X

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