- Kanda Takahira
nihongo|Kanda Takahira|神田孝平|Kanda Takahira; (
31 October 1830 –5 July 1898 ) was a scholar and statesman inMeiji period Japan . He often used the pen-name Kando Kohei.Kanda was born in the Fuwa District of
Mino Province , (present-dayGifu Prefecture ). He studied "rangaku " and became a teacher at theTokugawa bakufu 's "Bansho Shirabesho " institute for researching western science and technology.After the
Meiji Restoration , Kanda was appointed governor ofHyōgo Prefecture , and also worked for the newMeiji government as an advisor on economics and governmental structures, and was responsible for developing and implementing the Land Tax Reforms of 1873-1881, and for establishing local administration structures. He was appointed to theHouse of Peers in 1890.His translation of
William Ellis 's "Outlines of Social Economy" in 1867 is regarded as Japan’s earliest study of western economics.He served in the
Genroin , and was afterwards appointed to theHouse of Peers . He was ennobled with the title of "danshaku" (baron) in the "kazoku " peerage system.
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