In the thoughts, words, and actions of Dr. Enryō we have seen above there is much wisdom that we can take away in working to overcome the difficult situation in which we currently find ourselves. I hope that you, the reader, will also strive to find such wisdom in your own unique way. Finally, let’s once again look at the grand importance of education in the way that Dr. Enryō saw it. great school equipped with everything in creation. The stars and planets are teachers, and mountains and rivers are teachers. there is nothing that is not a teacher. The scope is truly unlim-ited. (Inoue Enryō, “Outline of Education” in Philosophy Acad-emy Lecture Records, published in 1892 and 1893, in Inoue Enryō Selected Writing, vol. 11) In this book we have seen how, in the Meiji 20s (1887–1896), a modern education system was being built and how people were start-ing to see methods for a system that worked in tandem with home education. During this time Dr. Enryō took a deep interest in adult learning that went beyond the limited time people had for a school life. He gave 5,291 lectures all over Japan to a total audience of more than 1,400,000 people. We can read Dr. Enryō’s life as an expression of a philosophy that sees “nature” as the endpoint of home and school education as well as social education. It is a philosophy of educating oneself through interaction with nature in the form of our vast and boundless world. The world is indeed a vast and boundless educational space, a Birds, beasts, insects, fish, trees, bamboo, grass, and moss—202
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