Sanae Takada

Educator and politician. Born in Tokyo. His pen name was Hanpo. After graduating from the Faculty of Letters at the University of Tokyo in 1882 (Meiji 15), he participated in the formation of the Constitutional Reform Party led by Shigenobu Okuma, and worked with Azusa Ono to establish Tokyo Senmon Gakko at Waseda University. After Ono's early death, he became the de facto president of the university and worked hard to establish private higher education, and in 1902 the school was renamed Waseda University, making it one of the two largest private universities in Japan alongside Keio Gijuku. In 1888, he became editor-in-chief of the Yomiuri Shimbun, and after being elected to the House of Representatives in the first general election in 1890, he was active as a politician until the eighth election in 1903. At the same time, he was a leading researcher of British and American politics, and wrote many books, including British Politics and the History of the British Constitution, and showed a first-class appreciation for literature, theater, and painting.

[Kenichiro Shoda]

"The Life of Takada Sanae, by Kyoguchi Motoyoshi (1962, Waseda University Press)" "Takata Sanae's Hanbok Folktales" (included in Meiji and Taisho Literature Recollections Collection 6, 1983, Japan Library Center)

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教育者、政治家。東京生まれ。号は半峰(はんぽう)。1882年（明治15）東京大学文科を卒業後、大隈重信(おおくましげのぶ)を盟主とする立憲改進党の結成に加わり、小野梓(おのあずさ)と協力して早稲田に東京専門学校をおこした。小野早逝後は事実上の学長的存在として、私立高等教育の確立に尽力し、1902年同校を早稲田大学とし、慶応義塾と並ぶ二大私立大学とした。1888年『読売新聞』主筆となり、また1890年の第1回総選挙で衆議院議員に当選して以来、1903年の第8回選挙まで政治家としても活躍した。同時に英米政治研究の第一人者として『英国政典』『英国憲法史』など著書も多く、文芸・演劇・絵画にも第一級の鑑賞眼を示した。

［正田健一郎］

『京口元吉著『高田早苗伝』（1962・早稲田大学出版部）』▽『高田早苗著『半峰昔ばなし』（『明治大正文学回想集成6』所収・1983・日本図書センター）』

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