Tōten Miyazaki

Who was Tōten Miyazaki?

Tōten Miyazaki or Torazō Miyazaki was a Japanese philosopher who aided and supported Sun Yat-sen during the Xinhai Revolution. While Sun was in Japan, he assisted Sun in his travels as he was wanted by authorities.

In one case, he registered under the name Nakayama at the "Crane Hotel". This name would later be converted to the more popular Chinese name Sun Zhong-shan. While Miyazaki Toten had the same ideals as Sun, they could not communicate by speaking, due to their different languages. They communicated by writing Kanji back and forth on paper.

On 7 September 1900, Sun's first overseas visit to Singapore was to rescue Miyazaki Toten who was arrested there. This act resulted in his own arrest and a ban from visiting the island for five years.

The Nanjing Historical Remains Museum of Chinese Modern History has bronze statues of Sun and Miyazaki placed alongside each other.