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*''Born: [[1831]]''
*''Died: [[1907]]''

Fukuba Bisei was Under-Secretary in the [[Ministry of Rites|Office of Rites]] in [[1868]], and instructor to the [[Meiji Emperor]] in matters of [[Shinto]] ceremonial. Along with Vice-Minister of Rites [[Kamei Koremi]], he was among the chief officials responsible for the ''[[shinbutsu bunri]]'' ("separation of Buddhism and Shinto") policies.

He was an adherent of the ''[[kokugaku]]'' (Nativist) teachings of [[Okuni Takamasa]].

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==References==
*James Ketelaar, ''Of Heretics and Martyrs in Meiji Japan'', Princeton University Press (1991), 8.

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