Iida Sekien

...A scholar of Japanese classics and a poet of the late Edo and Meiji periods. A native of Inaba. Commonly known as Shichiro and Sekizono. He studied under Motoori Ohira along with his father, Iida Hideo, and after his death studied under Kano Morohira and Tomo Nobutomo. He excelled in poetry, and together with Morohira and Ishikawa Yorihira, he was known as the poet Sanpei. He also excelled in writing in the norito style. He was appointed to the Japanese classics department of the Tottori domain, and was involved in compiling the Hoki-shi. After the Meiji Restoration, he served the Imperial Court as a choshi (a shoushi), and also held positions such as Shinto Record. In addition to the family anthology Sekizonoshu, his works include Noritoshiki, Shinsei-ben, and Sekizono Kawa. ...

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Iida Seken" is listed below.

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…幕末･明治期の国学者，歌人。因幡の人。通称七郎，石園と号す。父の飯田秀雄とともに本居大平に師事，その没後は加納諸平（もろひら），伴信友に就いて学ぶ。歌に秀で，諸平，石川依平（よりひら）とともに世に歌人三平と称され，また祝詞体の文章にも優れた。鳥取藩の国学方に起用され，《伯耆志》編纂に従事し，維新後は徴士として朝廷に出仕，さらに神祇大録などを歴任した。著書に家集《石園集》のほか，《祝詞式》《新姓氏弁》《石園歌話》などがある。…

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