Asayama Irin-an

Japanese: 朝山意林庵 - あさやま・いりんあん

Year of death: 21 September 1664 (8 November 1664)
Year of birth: September 8, 1589 (October 17, 1589)
A Confucian scholar in the early Edo period. His given name was Soshin, and Irin'an was his pen name. He initially studied Buddhism and became a monk, but later switched to Confucianism and followed the Neo-Confucian school. He served Hosokawa Tadatoshi and Tokugawa Tadanaga, but after returning to Kyoto in 1631 he did not serve them. He was highly regarded for his learning, and on February 2, 1653, as a samurai (ronin), he visited the Imperial Court and lectured Emperor Go-Komyo on "The Doctrine of the Mean." No collection of poems or prose remains, and only the postscript to Oze Hoan's "Taikoki" and the preface to "Warambegusa" remain. The kana-zoshi "Shimizu Monogatari" (1638) is said to have been written by him, but there is no definite proof. <References> Miura Shuko, "Emperor Go-Komyo's Love of Learning and Asayama Irin'an" (Shigaku Zasshi, Vol. 23, No. 4)

(Takahashi Fumihiro)

Source: Asahi Japanese Historical Biography: Asahi Shimbun Publications Inc. About Asahi Japanese Historical Biography

Japanese:

没年：寛文4.9.21(1664.11.8)
生年：天正17.9.8(1589.10.17)
江戸時代前期の儒者。名は素心,意林庵は号。初め仏門に学び僧となるが,のちに儒学に転じて朱子学を奉じた。細川忠利や徳川忠長に仕えたが,寛永8(1631)年の帰京後は出仕しなかった。学殖の評価は高く,処士(浪人)の身で承応2(1653)年2月2日に参内して後光明天皇に『中庸』を進講した。詩文集は伝わらず,小瀬甫庵『太閤記』の跋,『わらんべ草』の序などだけが残る。仮名草子『清水物語』(1638)は彼の作とされているが,確証はない。<参考文献>三浦周行「後光明天皇の御好学と朝山意林庵」(『史学雑誌』23巻4号)

(高橋文博)

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