著者

上野 隆生

出版者

敬愛大学・千葉敬愛短期大学

雑誌

環境情報研究 (ISSN:0919729X)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.6, pp.153-175, 1998-04

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Lorenz von Stein (1815-1890) was influential in drafting the so-called Meiji Constitution. In 1880's many Japanese statesmen, bureaucrats, and scholars visited Stein on the outskirts of Vienna to study the main points of Staatswissenschaft and to receive important instructions and suggestions for the future Constitution of Japan. Among those who called on Stein, we find Fujinami Kototada. Fujinami had been sent with special instructions from the Meiji oligarchies, especially Ito Hirobumi. Ito himself had been greatly influenced by Stein's theory, which was quite helpful in establishing an absolutistic constitution. Fujinami served as a very faithful custodian of Emperor Meiji's household affairs from his childhood. Therefore, if Fujinami attended the personal lectures of Stein, Ito thought it would be easy for Emperor Meiji to understand the core of Staatswissenschaft through Fujinami. In this article, by examining Fujinami's lecture-notes, the theory of state Emperor Meiji received is analysed.