Le rôle des juristes japonais dans la fondation de la Maison franco-japonaise

Abstract

The Maison Franco-Japonaise is celebrating its 90th anniversary this year. It symbolises the success of French-Japanese intellectual cooperation. This article aims to remember the role played by legal scholars in the institution’s founding through a look back at its roots. The initiative for the MFJ came from Francophile scholars and its creation expresses the gratitude of a Japanese elite educated in France, among them legal scholars trained in Lyon. I will focus on members of this group, such as Tomii Masaakira, Sugiyama Naojirō and Yamada Saburō, and describe their paths. Thanks to these legal scholars from the University of Tokyo, law was an important part of the MFJ’s early activities.

Keywords

• Law
• Legal Scholar
• Maison Franco-Japonaise
• University
• Lyon
• French-Japanese Relations