37 For his Japanese students, who hadn’t heard of Western philosophy, Fenollosa gave concise summaries of various academic theories, making it easy for them to understand. While taking lectures on Western thought, Enryō also studied the Eastern philosophies of Confucianism and Buddhism, in addition to studying other subjects such as English literature and sociology. In this way, Enryō transitioned from prep school to undergraduate stud-ies. SAKATANI Yoshirō, a classmate, later talked about Enryō during his time as a student (Sakatani joined the Ministry of Finance, where he served as administrative vice-minister and then minister of fi-nance, before serving as mayor of Tokyo). department of political science and economics, but we lived in the same dormitory and Dr. Enryō and I were close. Dr. Enryō has been a man of extraordinary talent since his student days, and in all respects he stood out as superior. son, and in the student athletic meets and speaking events at that time, which were the first of their kind in Japan, he applied himself with great finesse and left the people with their mouths agape. His speeches were very eloquent, and he was a consist-ently promising student. In addition, he always acted as the strategist in student group projects, taking care of various ad-an avid reader. Even in the noisy dormitory he would read alone in silence, and could always be seen in the library. Normally Dr. Enryō was in the philosophy department and I was in the On the other hand, he was also an extremely perceptive per-ministrative matters and swiftly exercising his resourcefulness. While he was a brilliant and dynamic student, he was also
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