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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
Japanese imperial tutor
Also known as: Motoda Eifu
Danshaku Motoda Nagazane (born Oct. 30, 1818, Kumamoto, Japanādied 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 nationās 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 1868ā1912), 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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