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| Japanese police carrying swords in October 1877 |
The navy and the army are like soldiers who protect the country from invaders. The police are like medicine to treat internal illness. Enemy states and other external threats are like violent and menacing thugs. If such individuals try to attack you, you must protect yourself by wielding your sword with ease using your healthy and strong muscles. If you neglect your body and leave it in an unhealthy and unfit state, you will feel too weak to use your sword, no matter how excellent it is, and end up being killed without even putting up a fight. This shows that the health of a person and that of a nation are one and the same, so, to stay healthy, daily treatment is essential. For this reason, an expansion of police operations does nothing but greatly promote Japan’s overall health as a nation.- Hands and Eyes of the Police, Philosophy of Kawaji Toshiyoshi, Founder of the Police in Modern Japan
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Kawaji Toshiyoshi
((川路 利良)
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Kawaji Toshiyoshi
(川路 利良, 17 June 1834 – 13
October 1879), also known as Kawaji Toshikane, was a Japanese statesman
and chief of police during the Meiji
period.[2]
A Satsuma
Domain samurai initially tasked to study foreign systems for application in
the Japanese military, Kawaji fought against forces loyal to the Tokugawa shogunate during the Boshin War.
Later, his work on setting up the Japanese police at the aftermath of the Meiji
Restoration, first as rasotsu, and then as keisatsu, earned
him the recognition as the founder of Japan's modern police system (日本警察の父, lit. Father of Japanese Police).
Besides his police and military work, he was also noted for his contributions
to the development of Kendo, a Japanese martial
art.
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