Question

This Japanese 10,000-yen represents Yukichi Fukuzawa. Fukuzawa is the
only civilian represented on Japanese currency. During the late 1800s, he led
the transition to introduce and incorporate Western culture into Japan's
society.

It is said that heaven does not create one man above or below
another man. Any existing distinction between the wise and the
stupid, between the rich and the poor, comes down to a matter of
education.

These words are from Yukichi Fukuzawa's first essay to the general
public in 1872, and signaled the start of a new system of beliefs for
the Japan of the time. (Keio University, 2017, para. 2-3).

What national values were the Japanese likely trying to convey by
including a portrait of famous philosopher Yukichi Fukuzawa on the
following piece of currency?

(1 point)

wisdom and education

O power and prosperity

strength and endurance

peace and independence

Answer 1

wisdom and education

Fukuzawa promoted education as the foundation for social equality and modernization, so his portrait emphasizes the national value of learning and intellectual advancement.