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Fukuzawa’s Autobiography The autobiography of Fukuzawa is an interesting cross breed of Western and Japanese culture. He logically attempts to reason with all traditions. He tries to do the same with modern western ideas as well. Fukuzawa rejected few traditional Japanese ideas of Shinto, Confucianism, and also the ideas of Feudalism. He didn’t believe in the differences of social classes, since he came from a poor background himself. In the beginning of his autobiography Fukuzawa writes about the struggle of being in the feudal system. He felt that he could not improve his social standing in the society due to the fact that the ranks in society were based on birth. He writes, “Everywhere people clung to the ancient custom by which the rank of every member of a cla