Mori Arinori
Mori Arinori | |
|---|---|
森 有礼 | |
Mori Arinori | |
| Minister of Education | |
| In office 22 December 1885 – 12 February 1889 | |
| Prime Minister | Itō Hirobumi Kuroda Kiyotaka |
| Preceded by | Ōki Takatō |
| Succeeded by | Ōyama Iwao (acting) Enomoto Takeaki |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 23 August 1847 |
| Died | 12 February 1889 (aged 41) |
| Occupation | Diplomat, cabinet minister, educator |
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Viscount Mori Arinori (森 有礼) (23 August 1847 – 12 February 1889) was a Meiji period Japanese statesman, diplomat, and founder of Japan's modern educational system. Mori Arinori served as the first Minister of Education in the first Ito Cabinet of Japan, playing a key role in establishing the educational system during the Empire of Japan. He, along with Inoue Kowashi, laid the foundation of Japan’s educational system by issuing several orders from 1886, which included the establishment of elementary, middle, normal school systems, and an imperial university system. This was a crucial step in Japan’s modernization efforts during the Meiji era.