Yusuke Asaka

...A Confucian scholar in the late Edo period. A member of the Neo-Confucian school. His given name was Shigenobu or Shin, his pen name was Shijun, and his nickname was Yusuke. He was born in Koriyama, Asaka County, Mutsu, and his father was a priest at the Hachiman Shrine in the same area. He went to Edo and became a servant of Sato Issai, and then became a disciple of Hayashi Shosai. After opening a school in Edo, he became a professor at the Nihonmatsu Domain School at the end of the Tenpo era, and in 1850 (Kaei 3) became an instructor at the Shoheika Academy. His works include Gonsai Bunryaku, Gonsai Shiryaku, Zhu Xue Guanqi, Xunzi Brief, Historical Treatise, and Gonsai Kanwa. [Kinugasa Yasuki]...

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…江戸後期の儒者。朱子学派。名は重信または信，字は思順，通称は祐助。陸奥安積郡郡山に生まれ，父は同地の八幡宮の神官。江戸に出て佐藤一斎の学僕となり，ついで林述斎の門に入る。江戸で開塾ののち，天保末年二本松藩校の教授となり，1850年(嘉永3)昌平黌の教官となる。著作は《艮斎文略》《艮斎史略》《朱学管窺》《荀子略説》《史論》《艮斎間話》など。【衣笠 安喜】…

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