Kanda Takahira
Kanda Takahira | |
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神田 孝平 | |
| 1st Governor of Hyōgo Prefecture | |
| In office November 20, 1871 – September 3, 1879 | |
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| Born | October 31, 1830 |
| Died | July 5, 1898 (aged 67) |
Kanda Takahira (神田 孝平; October 31, 1830 – July 5, 1898; pen name Kanda Kōhei) was a scholar and advisor on economics and governmental structure in Meiji period Japan. His translation of William Ellis's Outlines of Social Economy (1846), which he translated to Japanese from a Dutch edition in 1867, is regarded as Japan's earliest study of western economics.
His many other works include An Outline of Natural Law (Seihō ryaku), a volume published in 1871 which he edited based on Nishi Amane's lecture notes which in turn drew from Dutch economist Simon Vissering.