The purpose of this study is to identify the principle of combining Christianity and patriotism in the early philosophy of Uchimura Kanzo. Since the research implies a certain narrowing of time, subject and historical framework, in order to achieve the goal we have chosen the historical-philosophical method, which allows us to carry out consistent work not only with a limited sample of texts, but also with reference to specific historical conditions, i.e. with the context, both internal and external. The work is based on an analysis of Uchimura’s original writings from the early years of his writing career; and on Russian and foreign studies of his philosophical thought. As a result of the study, we have identified a central principle of Uchimura Kanzo’s early philosophy in the juxtaposition of Christianity and patriotism, upon which other constructs are layered. This principle is absolutised justice, which is at odds with Christianity, on the one hand, and with the real events about which the thinker writes, on the other. The author's justice is not constructed in terms of Christian morality, but in terms of samurai duty, in which there is only one Way. Thus, three milestones of the relationship between the two civilisations are built around justice: the first, the relation of Christianity and Japan to the problem of double duty; the second, the evaluation of the attitude of foreigners towards Japan; the third, the building of the Kingdom of God and the military policy of Japan.
Aidar Faryakhutdinov (Wed,) studied this question.