Japanese Social People

By Daniela_Morales
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    Social People in Japan

  • Fukuzawa Yukichi

    Fukuzawa Yukichi
    One of the most important and influential thinker's of the modernization period in Japan. He urged an end to concubinage and prostitution and called for gender equality. (http://www.japanvisitor.com/famous-japanese-people/fukuzawa-yukichi and AP World Histroy Textbook)

  • Samuel Smile's "Self-Help"

    Focused on achieving success and rising in the world. It sold 1 million copies. (AP World History Textbook)

  • Kishida Toshiko

    She was a leading feminist. She undertook a 2 month speaking tour where she addressed huge audiences. (AP World History Textbook)

  • Koizumi Yakumo (Patrick Lafcadio Hearn)

    Koizumi Yakumo (Patrick Lafcadio Hearn)
    Best known foreign writer in Japan during the Meiji period. Introduced Japan to a wider Western audience eager to learn. (http://www.japanvisitor.com/japanese-culture/famous-japanese/hearn)

  • Kanno Suga

    She was hanged on this day for being a part of a group of 3 other women trying to assasinate the emperor. (http://www.rowdiva.com/Kanno.html)