Honda Rimei

• Born: 1743
• Died: 1820
• Japanese: 本多 利明 (Honda Rimei)

Honda Rimei was an Edo Period intellectual who advocated that Japan take the example of England, building an economy based on trade, and taking possession of Ezo and the Kurile Islands.

References

• Plutschow, Herbert. A Reader in Edo Period Travel. Kent: Global Oriental, 2006. p21.