Samurai Who Read the Bible ( Seisho o Yonda Samuraitachi )

Yoshimasa Moribe

When the samurai system was abolished, many western missionaries sought to understand eastern wisdom. At that period numerous historical figures in Japan were influenced by the Bible during the dawn of moder Japan in the Meiji Restoration, the transition from the Edo era to the Meiji era. Many who were sons of samurai had to find a new way, Jou Niijima, Inazou Nitobe, Yukichi Fukuzawa are just a few of these individuals. Alexander Croft Shaw was a tutor in the Fukuzawa family, which opened many doors into Japanese society. B6 size, Hardcover. 160 pp. ISBN978-4-264-02783-6

Issued date:2010/01/10
ISBN:978-4-264-02783-6
code:11270
Price:¥1,320(tax included)

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