Danshaku Motoda Nagazane

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Danshaku Motoda Nagazane

Japanese imperial tutor

Also known as: Motoda Eifu

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Also called:: Motoda Eifu

Born:: Oct. 30, 1818, Kumamoto, Japan

Died:: Jan. 21, 1891, Tokyo (aged 72)

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Danshaku Motoda Nagazane (born Oct. 30, 1818, Kumamoto, Japan—died Jan. 21, 1891, Tokyo) was an imperial tutor responsible for the conservative tone of the Japanese Imperial Rescript on Education (Oct. 30, 1890). Placed in every school throughout Japan until 1945, it started the trend toward political indoctrination of the nation’s young people.

Motoda was a Confucian instructor who joined the imperial household in 1870. He became imperial tutor, a court councillor, and in 1877 privy councillor to the emperor Meiji (reigned 1868–1912), whom he greatly influenced. He insisted on the Confucian tone of the rescript, emphasizing filial piety, social harmony, and loyalty to the emperor.

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