Fukuzawa Yukichi

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Fukuzawa Yukichi 福澤諭吉
Fukuzawa in 1891
Born	(1835-01-10)January 10, 1835 Dojima Shinchi 5-chome, Settsu Province, Tokugawa shogunate
Died	February 3, 1901(1901-02-03) (aged 66) Shiba, Tokyo, Empire of Japan
Other names	Shi-I (子圍) Sanjyū-ikkoku-jin (三十一谷人)
Spouse	Kin Toki

Fukuzawa Yukichi (福澤 諭吉, January 10, 1835 – February 3, 1901) was a Japanese educator, philosopher, writer, entrepreneur and samurai who founded Keio University, the newspaper Jiji-Shinpō ^[jp], and the Institute for Study of Infectious Diseases.

Fukuzawa was an early advocate for reform in Japan. His ideas about the organization of government and the structure of social institutions made a lasting impression on a rapidly changing Japan during the Meiji period. He appears on the 10,000-Japanese yen banknote from 1984 to 2024.