Representative Men of Japan (Daihyōteki Nihonjin) is an English-language book by Kanzo Uchimura. The lives of Takamori Saigo, Takayama Uesugi, Sontoku Ninomiya, Fujiki Nakae, and Nichiren Nichiren are introduced. He describes Commodore Perry as "a man of the highest humanity" (expressing his personal opinion), and says that Saigō Takamori corresponds to Commodore Perry. and that the ruling class of the Edo period suppressed Yangmyongaku because of its proximity to Christianity. While he states that there were better men than Saigo, he emphasizes that the Restoration Revolution would not have occurred without Saigo, and that there is no one who could have replaced him. While affirming that the unification of East Asia was a necessary path to aligning with the powers of the world, he also interprets Saigō as more American-leaning, saying that he held George Washington as an ideal and detested invaders such as Napoleon Bonaparte. He also states that Saigō's words and actions were in accordance with the laws of heaven. As for Saigo's death, he wrote that an enemy general looked at his face and said, "He has a peaceful face. Regarding Saigo's character during his lifetime, he introduces an anecdote about his selflessness and the fact that he left no property to his bereaved family, and even so, he says that it is rare in modern economies for a country (once an enemy) to take care of its bereaved family. Uchimura himself does not deny fighting, writing, "Fear of fighting and easy peace is called a commercial rule office, which is hardly a government."