ŌKUMA Shigenobu, who would go on to become prime minister, 72 It contained the following information in large print: “The Objec-tive of Founding the Philosophy Academy,” “Supporters,” “Regula-tions of the Philosophy Academy,” and “List of Departments.” On the all-important issue of donors, in the margin it said, this Academy and donate money or resources will become co-founders, the honor of their name will last on along with the leged welcome when coming to the school. Those who spoke openly about money were considered ignoble at the time but by using today’s crowdsourcing methods Enryō was able to widely draw in donations from supporters. Soliciting in this way required a great deal of courage and it was something he would not have been able to do without deep faith in his educational principles. In terms of other examples, newspapers reported that NIIJIMA Jō, the founder of Doshisha University, was also engaged in fundraising activities in the hopes of establishing a university. In January 1890 Niijima died of illness at the age of forty-eight while walking around canvassing to raise funds. Depending on the newspaper, supporters and donated amounts were publicly listed and there were many do-nations from the worlds of politics and industry. For example, donated one thousand yen, industrialist SHIBUSAWA Eiichi donated six thousand yen, and IWASAKI Yanosuke, the president of Mitsubishi, donated five thousand yen—with a total of 31,000 yen from eleven individuals. Enryō wrote, Those gentlemen who agree with the objectives of founding Academy, and in the future their relatives will be given a privi-
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