Fuku Okina Jiden (Kadokawa Sofuia Bunko)

[Machine Translation] This is an autobiography in which Yukichi Fukuzawa recounts his 60-odd years of life. He studied hard at Ogata Koan Juku as a young man, wrote a forged letter to a prostitute to admonish his schoolmate, founded a school for Dutch studies, accompanied the shogunate's mission to Europe on a tour of Europe, was frightened by assassins who targeted Western scholars, and refused to serve in the new government. He led the civilization and enlightenment of Japan through his outstanding language skills, but he also left behind many episodes of courage and humanity. The memories of the well-spoken Fukuzawa convey a realistic picture of the state of the world.

福沢諭吉が60余年の人生を回顧した自叙伝。青年時代の緒方洪庵塾での猛勉強、学友を諌めるために書いた遊女の贋手紙、蘭学塾の創設、幕府の遣欧使節に随行したヨーロッパ巡検、洋学者を狙う暗殺者におびえた日々、拒み続けた新政府への仕官-。福沢は抜群の語学力によって教育に啓蒙にと文明開化を導いたが、また勇気と人情に厚い数々のエピソードを残した。話し上手な福沢の思い出話に世相がリアルに伝わる。