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Hozumi Yatsuka
Japanese scholar and lawyer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In this Japanese name, the surname is Hozumi.
Hozumi Yatsuka (穂積 八束, March 20, 1860 – October 5, 1912) was a Japanese scholar and lawyer.
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Born | March 20, 1860 |
Died | 1912 |
Nationality | Japanese |
Occupation | Legal Scholar |
Known for | One of the first Japanese scholars to crystallise counter-revolutionary state Shintoism. |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | Tokyo Imperial University (1882) |
Influences | Jean Bodin, Robert Filmer, Paul de Lagarde, Confucius, Shintoism |
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Discipline | Legal Scholarship |
Sub-discipline | Constitutional Law, Japanese Law, Political Theology |
School or tradition | Conservatism (1879-1883), State Shintoism (1883-1912), Volkism (1883-1912),[1] Absolutism (1883-1912) |
Notable ideas | Kokutai, Seitai, Kodoshin, Godo Seizon, Chuko |
Influenced | Kimura Takataro, Inoue Tetsujiro, Takayama Chogyu, Minobe Tastukichi, State Shintoism |
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He was active in characterising the legal systems of the Japanese state, and his writings especially focused on the Meiji Constitution.