Block+E+Fukuzawa+Yukichi+Michelle+Lee+Kevin+Kang

//"Knowledge is // // the strongest weapon" //

FUKUZAWA YUKICHI Japanese author, writer, teacher, translator, entrepreneur, and political theorist during the Meiji Era  (he was not a politician;he rejected all offers of government position)

FUKUZAWA believed that... 1. All people had the //right to education// 2. Women should not be oppressed 3. People should learn about international affairs and life outside of Japan. 4. Institutes of higher education such as libraries, museums and schools for the blind should be set up in Japan. 5. A method that could harmonies the differences between Western and Eastern cultures should be sought. 6. Knowledge was the strongest weapon Japan could have. Fukuzawa is on the Japanese 10000 Yen: He was very influential.