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Tōten Miyazaki 
Chinese name Traditional Chinese 宮崎滔天 Transcriptions Japanese name Hiragana みやざき とうてん Tōten Miyazaki (宮崎 滔天 Miyazaki Tōten) or Miyazaki Torazo (1871–1922) was a Japanese philosopher who aided and supported Sun Yat-sen during the Xinhai Revolution. While Sun was in Japan, he assisted Sun in his travels as he was wanted by authorities.[1]
In one case, he registered the name Nakayama (中山) at the (對鶴館) hotel. This name would later be converted to the more popular Chinese name Sun Zhong-shan (孫中山). [1] While Miyazaki Toten had the same ideal as Sun, they actually could not communicate by mouth with one another due do different languages. They actually communicated with each other by writing hanzi back and forth on paper.[2]
On 7 September 1900, Sun's first overseas visit to Singapore, he was to rescue Miyazaki Toten who was arrested there. An act which resulted in his own arrest and a ban from visiting the island for five years.
At the Nanjing Historical Remains Museum of Chinese Modern History exhibits a bronze statue of Sun and Miyazaki placed alongside each other.
See also
References
- ^ a b Singtao daily. Saturday edition. Oct 23, 2010. 特別策劃 section A18. Sun Yat-sen Xinhai revolution 100th anniversary edition 民國之父.
- ^ "九州荒尾男の事 - 太陽報" (in (Chinese)). The-sun.on.cc. http://the-sun.on.cc/cnt/lifestyle/20110618/00480_001.html. Retrieved 2011-09-26.
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