Amano Tameyuki - Amano Tameyuki

Economist, economic commentator, and educator. Born in Edo on December 27, 1860, as the eldest son of a doctor from Karatsu Domain. In July 1882 (Meiji 15), he graduated from the Department of Politics and Finance at the Faculty of Letters of the University of Tokyo, and immediately became a full-time lecturer at Tokyo Senmon Gakko (the predecessor to Waseda University). He devoted himself to the management and education of the university until he resigned as president and professor in 1917 (Taisho 6) during the so-called Waseda University Uprising, and was called one of the "Three Great Men of Waseda" along with Takada Sanae and Tsubouchi Shoyo. He also made an outstanding contribution to the establishment of Waseda Jitsugyo School, and served as its principal from 1902 (Meiji 35), the year after the school's founding, until his death on March 26, 1938 (Showa 13). On the other hand, he ran in the first general election in 1890 as a candidate of the Constitutional Reform Party from Saga Prefecture and was elected, serving as a member of the House of Representatives for just one term, and also participated in the founding and management of the Toyo Keizai Shinposha (1895-1907), and published numerous commentaries. His ideology was a liberalism in the vein of British utilitarianism, particularly J.S. Mill, but differed from Taguchi Ukichi in that he accepted protectionist policies as an exception in reality. His "Principles of Economics," published in March 1886, was the first easy-to-read, full-scale economic theory written by a Japanese, and went through many editions. His other major works include "Commercial Policy Standard" (1886), a compilation of economic policy theory, and "Economic Policy Theory" (1910), a collection of essays.

[Akira Tada]

"Amano Tameyuki" by Eijiro Asakawa and Choju Nishida (1950, Jitsugyo no Nihonsha) " "History of Meiji Economic Thought" by Tsuneo Hori (1975, Meiji Document Materials Publishing Association)

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経済学者、経済評論家、教育者。万延(まんえん)元年12月27日、唐津(からつ)藩医の長男として江戸に生まれる。1882年（明治15）7月東京大学文学部政治理財科を卒業、ただちに東京専門学校（早稲田(わせだ)大学の前身）の専任講師となり、1917年（大正6）いわゆる早大騒動で学長、教授を辞任するまで同大学の経営と教育に情熱を注ぎ、高田早苗(さなえ)、坪内逍遙(しょうよう)とともに「早稲田三尊」と称せられた。また早稲田実業学校の創設にも力を尽くし、創立翌年の1902年（明治35）から1938年（昭和13）3月26日に没するまで校長の職にあった。他方、1890年の第1回総選挙に佐賀県から立憲改進党候補として立候補し当選、ただ1期であったが衆議院議員を務め、また東洋経済新報社の創設、経営にも参加（1895～1907）、数多くの評論を発表した。彼の思想は、イギリスの功利主義とくにJ・S・ミルの流れをくむ自由主義であったが、現実的に例外として保護政策をも認めた点は、田口卯吉(うきち)と異なる。1886年3月に刊行された彼の『経済原論』は、日本人によって書かれた最初の読みやすい本格的経済原論として版を多く重ねた。主著にはほかに、経済政策論をまとめた『商政標準』（1886）、評論集『経済策論』（1910）などがある。

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『浅川栄次郎・西田長寿著『天野為之』（1950・実業之日本社）』▽『堀経夫著『明治経済思想史』（1975・明治文献資料刊行会）』

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