Inoue Tetsujirō

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Inoue Tetsujirō
Born(1855-02-01)February 1, 1855
 Japan Fukuoka
DiedNovember 7, 1944(1944-11-07) (aged 89)
OccupationPhilosopher

Inoue Tetsujirō (井上 哲次郎, February 1, 1855 – December 7, 1944) was a Japanese

philosopher, poet and educator. He is known for introducing Western philosophy in Japan and for being a pioneer in Eastern philosophy. He became the first Japanese professor of philosophy at Tokyo Imperial University, and also served as the 2nd President of Daito Bunka Academy
.

He condemned

polytheistic Japanese polity
and thus considered its followers "inherently disloyal" to Japan. He compiled A Dictionary of Philosophy (哲学字彙, Tetsugaku jii), which was first published in 1881, again in 1884, and finally in 1912.

Biography

Inoue was born on February 1, 1855, in Dazaifu, Chikuzen Province (present-day Dazaifu, Fukuoka Prefecture), the third son of physician Funakoshi Shuntatsu.[1]

After moving to

White Aster by Ochiai Naobumi
.

He helped introduce Western philosophy in Japan and became the first Japanese professor of philosophy at Tokyo Imperial University. He was also a pioneer in Eastern philosophy.[2][3]

He was also a member of the International Education Movement. He wrote a commentary on Japan's Imperial Rescript on Education, wherein he encouraged the Japanese people to support the state and imperialism.[4] Inoue's support of imperialism established him as opposed to the ideas of other proponents of International Education, such as Shimonaka Yasaburo, Noguchi Entaro, and Izumi Tetsu.

Inoue was the most prolific and prominent promoter of bushido ideology in Japan before 1945, authoring dozens of works and giving hundreds of lectures on the subject over almost half a century.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^
    OCLC 14970117.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link
    )
  2. ^ Imanishi, Junkichi (2001). 井上哲次郎の開拓者的意義 印度學佛教學研究 第49巻第2号. The Japanese Association of Indian and Buddhist Studies 日本印度学仏教学会. pp. 526–532.
  3. ^ 桑, 兵 (2013). 近代「中国哲学」の起源 近代東アジアにおける翻訳概念の展開 京都大学人文科学研究所附属現代中国研究センター研究報告. 京都大学人文科学研究所附属現代中国研究センター. p. 151.
  4. ^ Dummings, William E. Education and Equality in Japan. Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ; 1970.
  5. ISBN 9780198706625
  • Eddy Dufourmont.Is Confucianism philosophy ? The answers of Inoue Tetsujirō and Nakae Chōmin, in Nakajima Takahiro ed.,Whither Japanese Philosophy? II Reflections through other Eyes (UTCP Booklet 14), 2010, p. 71-89.

http://utcp.c.u-tokyo.ac.jp/publications/pdf/UTCPBooklet14_04_Dufourmont.pdf

External links

Les Sectes bouddhiques japonaises, E.Steinilber-Oberlin, K. Matsuo, Paris 1930, pp. 293/4

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