Iida Houshitsu

...A scholar of Japanese classics in the late Edo and Meiji periods. Commonly known as Hikosuke, later Morito. His pen name was Yomomura. Born in the Edo residence of the Shinshu Takashima Domain. He studied poetry under Unno Yuo and became a disciple of Hirata Kanetane. During the late Edo period, he supported the idea of ​​revering the emperor and expelling the barbarians, and made frequent contact with loyalists. After the Meiji Restoration, he served as an official at the Imperial Academy and a professor at the Takashima Domain Imperial Academy, and was the chief priest of Kehi Shrine and other major shrines around the country. He also served as a professor at the University of Tokyo and a lecturer at Kokugakuin. His greatest work, the Interpretation of the Nihon Shoki, took 48 years to complete in 1899. ...

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…幕末･明治の国学者。通称彦介，のち守人（もりと）。号は蓬室。信濃高島藩の江戸邸に生まれる。歌を海野游翁に学び，平田銕胤（かねたね）の門人となる。幕末期には尊王攘夷思想を奉じて，勤王の志士と往来，奔走した。維新後は，皇学所御用掛，高島藩皇学所教授などを経て，気比神宮ほか各地の大社の宮司を歴任，さらに東大教授，国学院講師などを務めた。畢生（ひつせい）の大著《日本書紀通釈》は48年の歳月を費やして，1899年に完成。…

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