Masami Kamochi - Masami Kamochi

A Japanese classicist of the late Edo period. He was originally called Yanagimura Genta, but was also known as Asukai Fukasumi and Fujiwara Taro Masazumi. He was born on April 27, 1850 (according to one theory, the 20th) to a Tosa clan samurai family, and from the age of 25 he took over from his father and worked as a low-ranking samurai. He served as a tax collector, gatekeeper, hill guard, and grave keeper for the clan's lord. Although he had a small stipend and low status, his academic talent was recognized, and from the age of 31 in 1821 (Bunsei 4), he taught waka poetry and calligraphy to the clan of the lord, and also opened a private school to educate the children of the clan. Apart from becoming a disciple of Miyaji Nakae, a Confucian scholar of the clan, in his youth, he studied the Manyoshu almost entirely on his own, completing the 141-volume Manyoshu Kogi. This is a voluminous research work that mainly consists of 95 volumes of annotations on the main text of the Manyoshu, as well as five volumes of commentaries on pillow words, three volumes on people, five volumes on items, and six volumes on famous places. Although it sometimes offers far-fetched interpretations, it also cites a wide range of examples and shows original insights through thorough research, making it a work that can be considered the culmination of early modern Manyo studies. Other works include the anthology of poems and prose, Sansaishu.

[Koji Inaoka]

"Kanosu Hayao, 'Kamochi Masazumi and Manyo Studies' (1958, Ohfusha Publishing)"

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江戸後期の国学者。初め柳村源太を名のったが、飛鳥井(あすかい)深澄、藤原太郎雅澄などとも称した。寛政(かんせい)3年4月27日（一説に20日）土佐藩士の家に生まれ、25歳のときから父にかわって下級武士として勤務。収税吏、門番、築山番、藩公の墓守などを務めた。薄禄(はくろく)で地位も低かったが、学才を認められ、1821年（文政4）31歳のときから藩公一族のため歌道、書道を講じ、また私塾を開いて藩の子弟を教育した。青年時代に藩の儒者宮地仲枝(みやじなかえ)の門人となったほかは、ほとんど独学で『万葉集』を研究、『万葉集古義』141冊を完成した。『万葉集』の本文の注釈95冊を中心とし、枕詞(まくらことば)解5冊、人物伝3冊、品物解5冊、名所考6冊などを含む大部な研究書で、ときに牽強(けんきょう)な解釈を施したところもあるが、用例を広く引き、綿密な調査によって創見を示したところもみられ、近世万葉学の集大成というべき書である。ほかに歌文集『山斎(さんさい)集』などがある。

［稲岡耕二］

『鴻巣隼雄著『鹿持雅澄と万葉学』（1958・桜楓社出版）』

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