noun
Japanese spirit with Western learning
A yojijukugo encapsulating the Meiji-era ideal of combining traditional Japanese values and spirit with Western scientific and technical knowledge.
明治時代のスローガンとして「和魂洋才」が掲げられた。
"Japanese spirit with Western learning" was put forward as a slogan of the Meiji era.
和魂漢才 refers to combining Japanese spirit with Chinese learning, an earlier ideal, while 和魂洋才 replaces Chinese learning with Western learning.
A yojijukugo composed of 和 (Japanese), 魂 (spirit), 洋 (Western), and 才 (talent/learning). It was coined in the Meiji period as a guiding principle for modernization.