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| *''Japanese'': [[森]]有礼 ''(Mori Arinori)'' | | *''Japanese'': [[森]]有礼 ''(Mori Arinori)'' |
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− | Mori Arinori is considered the godfather of Japan's [[Meiji period]] [[Meiji education|"modern" education system]]. | + | Mori Arinori is considered the godfather of Japan's [[Meiji period]] [[Meiji education|"modern" education system]], and was the first to serve as [[Ministry of Education|Minister of Education]].<ref name=yokoyama>Plaque on-site at monument to Yokoyama Yasutake, [[Fukusho-ji|Fukushô-ji]], Kagoshima.</ref> |
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| As a young man, Mori was one of a number of students sent by [[Satsuma han]] secretly to England for study. After some time in the United States, he returned to Japan and entered into the [[Meiji government]]. He was sent to Washington DC in [[1871]] as Japan's first minister to the US, and while there oversaw a number of surveys of the American educational system. | | As a young man, Mori was one of a number of students sent by [[Satsuma han]] secretly to England for study. After some time in the United States, he returned to Japan and entered into the [[Meiji government]]. He was sent to Washington DC in [[1871]] as Japan's first minister to the US, and while there oversaw a number of surveys of the American educational system. |
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| He later served terms as ambassador to China, [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs|vice-minister of foreign affairs]], and ambassador to England, among a number of other positions, before becoming [[Ministry of Education|Minister of Education]] in [[1885]]. He held that position until his assassination in [[1889]]. | | He later served terms as ambassador to China, [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs|vice-minister of foreign affairs]], and ambassador to England, among a number of other positions, before becoming [[Ministry of Education|Minister of Education]] in [[1885]]. He held that position until his assassination in [[1889]]. |
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| + | Mori's older brother [[Yokoyama Yasutake]] was a prominent member of the Meiji government as well.<ref name=yokoyama/> |
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| ==References== | | ==References== |
| *[[Marius Jansen]], ''China in the Tokugawa World'', Harvard University Press (1992), 114-115. | | *[[Marius Jansen]], ''China in the Tokugawa World'', Harvard University Press (1992), 114-115. |
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| [[Category:Meiji Period]] | | [[Category:Meiji Period]] |
| [[Category:Samurai]] | | [[Category:Samurai]] |
| [[Category:Meiji Politicians and Officials]] | | [[Category:Meiji Politicians and Officials]] |