諭吉
"ゆきち, Yukichi, Yukiti, 範, はん, Han, 子圍, 子囲, しい, Shii, Sii"
福澤
aka 福沢, ふくさわ, Fukusawa, Hukusawa, ふくざわ, Fukuzawa, Hukuzawa, 中村, なかむら, Nakamura
Born in 日本摂津国
Son of 百助 福澤
and 於順 (Unknown) 福澤
Brother of
三之助 福澤 and 婉 (福澤) 中上川
Husband of
錦 (土岐) 福澤
— married
1861 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
一太郞 福澤, 捨次郞 福澤, 里 (福澤) 中村, 房 福澤, 俊 (福澤) 清岡, 瀧 (福澤) 志立, 光 (福澤) 潮田, 三八 (福澤) 福沢 and 大四郞 (福澤) 福沢
Died
at age 66
in 日本東京府
Profile last modified
| Created 1 May 2019
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Biography
諭吉 福澤 is Notable.
Fukusawa Yukichi was born in Osaka, Settsu Province on 10 January 1835, the second son of Fukusawa Hyakusuke and Ofuji. Although he used the Nakamura family name throughout his childhood, he resumed the use of the Fukusawa name later on. Before the Meiji Restoration, he served the Okudaira family of Nakatsu as a samurai. When Japan opened up to the rest of the world, Yukichi studied Western education, and founded Keio University in 1858. Throughout the 1860s, he traveled through the Western world, and eventually became involved in politics.
In 1861, Yukichi married Toki Aya. After a one-year trip to Europe in 1862, he returned to Japan and produced a son, Ichitarō, in 1863. In the years that followed, another son, Sutejirō, was born, and then there were five daughters: San, Fusa, Shun, Taki and Mitsu. The last two children were sons named Sanpachi and Daishirō. Around the time of San's birth, the Meiji Restoration occurred, and the Fukusawas came to prefer the pronunciation of their family name as Fukuzawa since then.
In 1882, between Sanpachi's and Daishirō's birth, Yukichi founded a newspaper, the Jiji Shinpō, which is one of the predecessors of The Sankei Shimbun of today as of 2020. He also contributed to the establishment of a medical institute for Tokyo Imperial University dedicated to the study of infectious diseases. Despite his fame, however, he did not accept a high position, and he remained a commoner throughout his life. He died in Tokyo on 3 February 1901. Yukichi is now regarded as one of the founders of modern Japan, and is featured on the 10,000-yen banknote as of 2020.
Sources
- https://jahis.law.nagoya-u.ac.jp/who/docs/who1-2317
- https://jahis.law.nagoya-u.ac.jp/who/docs/who1-2318
- https://jahis.law.nagoya-u.ac.jp/who/docs/who4-9745
- https://jahis.law.nagoya-u.ac.jp/who/docs/who4-9746
- https://jahis.law.nagoya-u.ac.jp/who/docs/who8-18959
- https://keibatsugaku.com/hukuzawa/
See also:
- Wikipedia: Fukuzawa Yukichi
- Wikidata: Item Q355447, en:Wikipedia
- Find A Grave: Memorial #32403598
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