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| *''Born: [[1847]]'' | | *''Born: [[1847]]'' |
| *''Died: [[1889]]'' | | *''Died: [[1889]]'' |
| + | *''Other Names'': 沢井鉄馬 ''(Sawai Tetsuba)'' |
| *''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]], 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> | | 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 [[Satsuma students|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.
| + | At the age of 19, Mori was one of a number of [[Satsuma students|students]] sent by [[Satsuma han]] secretly to England for study. While in England, he studied naval surveying. Mori then traveled to the United States in [[1867]]/7, and returned to Japan the following year, in [[1868]]/6. 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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| ==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. |
| + | *Plaque at the monument to the Satsuma students at Kagoshima Chûô train station, Kagoshima.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/21519295436/sizes/o/] |
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