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Nakae Chmin was the penname of a journalist, political theorist and statesman in Meiji period Japan. His real name was Nakae Tokusuke . His major contribution was the popularization of the egalitarian doctrines of the French philosopher JeanJacques Rousseau in Japan. As a result, Nakae is thought to have been a major force in the development of liberalism in early Japanese politics.
Nakae was born in Kchi, Tosa Domain . His father was an ashigaru, or lower ranking foot soldier in the service of the Yamauchi clan of Tosa. Having displayed an early aptitude for Western learning, after studies at the domain academy, Nakae was selected to study French and Dutch at Nagasaki and Edo. Later, he worked as a translator for the French minister to Japan, Lon Roches.
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