Miyake Setsurei


Miyake Setsurei was a famous philosopher and author from Japan. He graduated from the University of Tokyo's Department of Philosophy in 1883. He helped found the Society for Political Education and its magazine "Nihonjin". In 1907 the Nihonjin Magazine was renamed "Nihon Oyobi Nihonjin". It was at this time that Hasegawa Nyozekan was recruited to the magazine.
Miyake's other works included "Shinzenbi Nihonjin" and "Giakushu Nihonjin".

Political views

Miyake was a Cooperative Nationalist and differed in opinion from Universalists. He felt that Japan was first a member of the Asian community and secondly a member of the global community. Also Japan should hold onto and preserve its cultural heritage from before the Meiji era as it helped to strengthen Asian culture and, by doing so, world culture.
Miyake felt Japan should make it its mission to study Asia, oppose western imperialism, and nurture the distinctive Japanese sense of beauty.