After the Meiji Restoration, Kanda was appointed governor of Hyōgo Prefecture, and also worked for the new Meiji 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 the House 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 the House of Peers. He was ennobled with the title of danshaku (baron) in the kazoku peerage system.
kanda, takahira, this, article, does, cite, sources, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, january, 2009, learn, when, remov. This article does not cite any sources Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Kanda Takahira news newspapers books scholar JSTOR January 2009 Learn how and when to remove this template message Kanda Takahira 神田 孝平 31 October 1830 5 July 1898 was a scholar and statesman in Meiji period Japan He often used the pen name Kanda Kōhei Kanda Takahira神田 孝平1st Governor of Hyōgo PrefectureIn office November 20 1871 September 3 1879Personal detailsBornOctober 31 1830 Fuwa District Mino ProvinceDiedJuly 5 1898 1898 07 05 aged 67 In this Japanese name the surname is Kanda Kanda was born in the Fuwa District of Mino Province present day Gifu Prefecture He studied rangaku and became a teacher at the Tokugawa bakufu s Bansho Shirabesho institute for researching western science and technology After the Meiji Restoration Kanda was appointed governor of Hyōgo Prefecture and also worked for the new Meiji 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 the House 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 the House of Peers He was ennobled with the title of danshaku baron in the kazoku peerage system References editExternal links editWorks by or about Kanda Takahira at Internet Archive nbsp nbsp This article about a Japanese politician is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Kanda Takahira amp oldid 1220523378, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
