Hozumi Nobushige

Baron Hozumi Nobushige (穂積 陳重, 23 August 1855 –7 April 1926) was a Japanese statesman and jurist of the Meiji period.

Hozumi was born in Uwajima Domain, Iyo Province (present-day Ehime Prefecture) as the second son to a family of kokugaku scholars.

He first traveled to Great Britain, where he attended the University of London and obtained a license as a barrister.

Together with a group of fellow lawyers, he was a founder of the English Law School, the forerunner of Chuo University, in 1885.

Together with Ume Kenjirō and Tomii Masaaki, he was requested to draft Japan’s Civil Code in 1898.

"I would rather be a bridge used by everyone than be a statue." -- Nobushige Hozumi