Shigenobu Okuma, a true samurai - 85 years of life dedicated to politics and education despite losing his right leg

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Shigenobu Okuma, a true samurai - 85 years of life dedicated to politics and education despite losing his right leg

Fukuzawa Yukichi and Okuma Shigenobu. When you hear their names, the first thing that comes to mind is Keio University and Waseda University. They are the leading private universities in Japan and seem very academic, but did you know that they were both genuine samurai of the late Edo period? Fukuzawa Yukichi became a vassal of the shogunate (a vassal of the shogunate) from the Nakatsu domain, and Okuma Shigenobu was from the anti-shogunate Hize…