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050 00 $aJA84.J3$bO38713 2014
082 00 $a320.0952/09034$223
100 1 $aŌkubo, Takeharu,$d1973-$eauthor.
240 10 $aKindai Nihon no seiji kōsō to Oranda.$lEnglish
245 14 $aThe quest for civilization :$bencounters with Dutch jurisprudence, political economy,and statistics at the dawn of modern Japan /$cby Okubo Takeharu ; translated by David Noble.
264 1 $aLeiden, The Netherlands ;$aBoston :$bBrill,$c[2014]
300 $axviii, 291 pages ;$c25 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
500 $aTranslated from Japanese.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aAcknowledgments -- Preface to the English edition -- Introduction -- The Dutch constitution of 1848 and the Meiji restoration Confucianism, natural law, and European constitutionalism -- The rise of statistical thinking in Meijijapan between Fukuzawa's outline of a theory of civilization and Vissering's lectures on statistics -- Dutch political economy and utilitarianism the origins of Nishiamane's philosophy -- International law and the quest for civilization -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.
520 8 $aTranslated by David Noble. This book illuminates the origins of modern Japan through the lens of its cultural contact with the Netherlands providing a rare contribution to the field in English-language literature. Following the “opening” of the country in the 1850s, Japan encountered Western modernity through a quest for knowledge personified by Nishi Amane and Tsuda Mamichi, two young scholars who journeyed to Leiden in 1863 as the first Japanese sent to study in Europe. For two years they were tutored by Simon Vissering – one of the leading Dutch economists of the nineteenth century. Following their return home, their work as government officials and intellectuals played a key role in the introduction of the European social sciences, jurisprudence, and international law to Japan, thereby exerting a decisive influence on the establishment of the modern Japanese state and the redefinition of the international and cultural order in East Asia.
650 0 $aPolitical science$zJapan$xHistory$y19th century.
651 0 $aJapan$xCivilization$xDutch influences.
700 1 $aNoble, David,$etranslator.
852 00 $bleh$hJA84.J3$iO38713 2014