Nakae Chōmin

Nakae Chōmin
中江兆民
Likeness from the Meiji Jinbutsu Shokan

Member of the House of Representatives
In office 2 July 1890 – 27 February 1891
Preceded by	Constituency established
Succeeded by	Ryōhei Murayama
Constituency	Osaka 4th

Personal details
Born	(1847-12-08)8 December 1847 Kōchi, Kōchi, Japan
Died	13 December 1901(1901-12-13) (aged 54) Koishikawa, Tokyo, Japan
Resting place	Aoyama Cemetery
Party	Liberal
Alma mater	Daigakkō
Known for	Development of liberalism

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Nakae Chōmin (中江兆民; December 8, 1847 – December 13, 1901) was the pen-name of a journalist, political theorist and statesman in Meiji-period Japan. His real name was Nakae Tokusuke (中江篤助). His major contribution was the popularization of the egalitarian doctrines of the French philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau in Japan. As a result, Nakae is thought to have been a major force in the development of liberalism in early Japanese politics.