Japanese students in the United Kingdom
Encyclopedia
The first Japanese students in the United Kingdom arrived in the nineteenth century, sent to study at University College London
by the Chōshū and Satsuma
domains, then the Bakufu (Shogunate). Later many studied at Cambridge University
and a smaller number at Oxford University until the end of the Meiji era. The reason for sending them was to catch up with the West by modernizing Japan. Since the 1980s, Japanese
students in the United Kingdom
have become common thanks to cheaper air travel
.
Chōshū Five
At University College London
supervised by Professor Alexander William Williamson
Two supervisors (ometsuke). This group also studied at
University College London
which was open to students of
all religions.
and others
Students: (12)
University College London
University College London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom and the oldest and largest constituent college of the federal University of London...
by the Chōshū and Satsuma
Satsuma han
The Satsuma domain was one of the most powerful feudal domains in Tokugawa Japan, and played a major role in the Meiji Restoration and in the government of the Meiji period which followed...
domains, then the Bakufu (Shogunate). Later many studied at Cambridge University
University of Cambridge
The University of Cambridge is a public research university located in Cambridge, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest university in both the United Kingdom and the English-speaking world , and the seventh-oldest globally...
and a smaller number at Oxford University until the end of the Meiji era. The reason for sending them was to catch up with the West by modernizing Japan. Since the 1980s, Japanese
Japanese people
The are an ethnic group originating in the Japanese archipelago and are the predominant ethnic group of Japan. Worldwide, approximately 130 million people are of Japanese descent; of these, approximately 127 million are residents of Japan. People of Japanese ancestry who live in other countries...
students in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
have become common thanks to cheaper air travel
Air travel
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.
Chōshū FiveChoshu FiveThe were members of the Chōshū han of western Japan who studied in England from 1863 at University College London under the guidance of Professor Alexander William Williamson. It was still illegal to leave Japan when they left, as sakoku was still practically in force until the Meiji...
(1863)
At University College LondonUniversity College London
University College London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom and the oldest and largest constituent college of the federal University of London...
supervised by Professor Alexander William Williamson
Alexander William Williamson
Alexander William Williamson FRS was an English chemist of Scottish descent. He is best known today for the Williamson ether synthesis.-Biography:...
- Ito Shunsuke (later Ito Hirobumi)
- Inoue Monta (later Inoue Kaoru)
- Nomura Yakichi (later Inoue Masaru)
- Endo KinsukeEndo Kinsukewas a Japanese statesman in the early Meiji period.Endō was born to a samurai family in Hagi, Chōshū Domain was a Japanese statesman in the early Meiji period.Endō was born to a samurai family in Hagi, Chōshū Domain was a Japanese statesman in the early Meiji period.Endō was born to a samurai...
- Yamao YozoYamao YozoViscount was a Japanese samurai of the late Edo period who became an influential member of the Meiji era government of Japan.-Early life:Yamao was born in Akiu, a village in Chōshū domain , and had received the traditional training of a samurai at a private school in Edo...
Satsuma students (1865)
15 Satsuma students, one from Tosa and one from Nagasaki.Two supervisors (ometsuke). This group also studied at
University College London
University College London
University College London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom and the oldest and largest constituent college of the federal University of London...
which was open to students of
all religions.
- Mori ArinoriMori ArinoriViscount was a Meiji period Japanese statesman, diplomat and founder of Japan's modern educational system.-Early life:Mori was born in the Satsuma domain from a samurai family, and educated in the Kaisenjo School for Western Learning run by the Satsuma domain...
- Godai TomoatsuGodai Tomoatsuwas one of the Satsuma students of 1865, smuggled out of Bakumatsu period Japan to study in Great Britain. He returned to become Japan's leading entrepreneur of the early Meiji period.-Early life:...
- Terashima MunenoriTerashima MunenoriCount was a diplomat in Meiji period Japan.-Early life:Terashima was born to a samurai family in Satsuma domain . He studied rangaku and was appointed as a physician to Satsuma daimyō Shimazu Nariakira...
- Sameshima Naonobu
- Nagasawa Kanae
- Yoshida Kiyonari
- Nomura Fumio
- Ishimaru Torogoro
- Mawatari Hachiro
and others
Bakufu students (1866)
Supervisors:- Kawaji Taro
- Nakamura Keisuke
Students: (12)
- Naruse Jogoro
- Toyama Sutehachi,
- Mitsukuri Keigo
- Fukuzawa Einosuke (no relation of Fukuzawa YukichiFukuzawa Yukichiwas a Japanese author, writer, teacher, translator, entrepreneur and political theorist who founded Keio University. His ideas about government and social institutions made a lasting impression on a rapidly changing Japan during the Meiji Era...
) - Hayashi TozaburoHayashi Tadasuwas a career diplomat and cabinet minister in Meiji period Japan. Baron Matsumoto Ryōjun, the onetime private physician to Tokugawa Yoshinobu and founder of the Imperial Japanese Army Medical Corps, was Hayashi’s brother.- Early life :...
(later Hayashi Tadasu) - Ito Shonosuke
- Okukawa Ichiro
- Yasui Shinpachiro
- Mitsukuri DairokuKikuchi DairokuBaron was a mathematician, educator, and educational administrator in Meiji period Japan.-Kikuchi's life and career:Kikuchi was born in Edo , as the second son of Mitsukuri Shuhei...
(later Kikuchi Dairoku) - Ichikawa Morisaburo
- Sugi Tokujiro
- Iwasa Genji
Cambridge University
- Kikuchi DairokuKikuchi DairokuBaron was a mathematician, educator, and educational administrator in Meiji period Japan.-Kikuchi's life and career:Kikuchi was born in Edo , as the second son of Mitsukuri Shuhei...
- Suematsu KenchoSuematsu KenchoViscount was a Japanese politician, intellectual and author, who lived in the Meiji and Taishō periods. Apart from his activity in the Japanese government, he also wrote several important works on Japan in English...
- Inagaki ManjiroInagaki Manjirowas a Japanese diplomat and political theorist that was active during the Meiji period of Japan.- Early life :Inagaki was born in Nagasaki, as the son of a samurai of the Hirado Domain...
- Okura KishichiroOkura KishichiroBaron studied at Trinity College, Cambridge from 1903 to 1906 but he did not graduate from Cambridge University. He was a son of Okura Kihachiro who as an entrepreneur built up the Okura-gumi and founded the giant Okura zaibatsu and the Okura Shogyo Gakko which later became Tokyo Keizai...
- Tanaka GinnosukeTanaka Ginnosukewas educated at the Leys School in Cambridge and then Trinity Hall, a college of Cambridge University. He introduced rugby to students at Keio University, in 1899, with the help of Edward Bramwell Clarke...
Oxford University
- Hachisuka MochiakiHachisuka Mochiakiwas the 14th and final daimyo of Tokushima Domain, Awa Province, and the 2nd President of the House of Peers in Meiji period Japan.- Early life :...
- Nanjo BunyuNanjo BunyuNanjō Bunyū was one of the most important modern Japanese scholars of Buddhism. Nanjo was born to the abbot of Seiunji Temple , part of the Shinshu Ōtani sect of the Higashi Honganji branch of Jodo Shinshu.Nanjō studied Classical Chinese texts and Buddhist doctrine in his youth before being...
- professor of Sanskrit at Tokyo University - Takakusu JunjiroTakakusu Junjiro, who often published as J. Takakusu, was a Japanese academic, an advocate for expanding higher education opportunities, and an internationally known Buddhist scholar. He was an active Esperantist.-Early life:...
After World War II
- Katsuhiko OkuKatsuhiko OkuKatsuhiko Oku was a Japanese diplomat who played rugby for Oxford and Waseda University...
, Oxford - Hisashi OwadaHisashi Owadais a former Japanese diplomat and a judge on the International Court of Justice, and currently serves as its President, having been elected to this post in 2009.-Early life:Hisashi Owada was born in Shibata, Niigata Prefecture, Japan. After earning a B.A...
, Cambridge - Hirotaro Yoshikawa, Birmingham