A review by nrome
Autobiography of Yukichi Fukuzawa by Yukichi Fukuzawa

4.0

This was recommended to me by a friend who then lent me his copy. On receiving the book, I was skeptical, it looks very much like a textbook, it was written around 1900 and it has a lot of footnotes. But actually it is incredibly readable and completely fascinating. The book details a period of major political and cultural upheaval in Japanese society through the eyes of a man who not only helped to enact a lot of that change but also who has a fascinating outlook on life. Each paragraph details a new episode of his history so the pages just fly by. At times very funny, often deeply insightful, constantly interesting.