Hidene Kawamura

A scholar of Japanese classics in the mid-Edo period. The second son of Kawamura Hideyo (1695-1771), a samurai of the Owari domain. His pen name was Kiminori and he went by the pen name Ritsuan. He studied under Tada Yoshitoshi (1698-1750) and Yoshimi Yoshikazu, and researched the Six National Histories. His main work, Shoki Shuge (published 1785?-1806?), 30 volumes and 20 books, is one of the pinnacles of Shoki research in the Edo period, and was completed by his second son Masune (1756-1819) in honour of his will (the name of his eldest son Shigene (1749-1768), who died young, is also added as a reviewer in the published version). In 1777 (An'ei 6), someone falsely accused the shogunate of plotting treason, and he and Masune were arrested and sent to Edo. The following year, in 1778, the suspicion was cleared and he returned to Nagoya. He died on June 24, 4th year of Kansei, at the age of 70. His grave remains in the Horin-ji Cemetery in Heiwa Park, Higashi Ward, Nagoya. His manuscripts and books are kept at the Nagoya Municipal Tsurumai Central Library. Kawamura Masune was a successful Confucian scholar, and made many achievements in the fields of tradition and systems. His pen name was Kendou. Hidene's older brother Hidekai (1718-1783) was also a Japanese classics scholar.

[Fumio Umetani May 19, 2016]

""Shokishukai" ("Chronicles of Japan"), 4 volumes (1936-1940, National Institute for Cultural Studies/Reprint edition, 1969, Rinsen Shoten)" ▽ ""Kawamura Hidene" by Abe Akio (1942, Sanseido/Reprint edition, 2002, Reprint edition of the same book, Publication Association)"

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江戸中期の国学者。尾張(おわり)藩士河村秀世（1695―1771）の次男。字(あざな)は君律(きみのり)。葎庵(りつあん)と号す。多田義俊(ただよしとし)（1698―1750）、吉見幸和(よしみよしかず)に学び、六国史(りっこくし)を研究する。主著『書紀集解(しゅうげ)』（1785？～1806？刊）30巻20冊は、江戸時代の書紀研究の最高峰の一つで、次男益根(ますね)（1756―1819）が遺志を継いで完成した（刊本には、早世した長男殷根(しげね)（1749―1768）の名も考訂者として加えられている）。1777年（安永6）謀反を企てていると幕府に虚偽の訴状を出した者がおり、益根とともに捕らえられて江戸に送られる。翌1778年疑いが晴れ、名古屋に帰る。寛政(かんせい)4年6月24日没。70歳。墓は名古屋市東区平和公園の法輪寺墓地に現存。稿本・蔵書などは名古屋市立鶴舞(つるまい)中央図書館に所蔵。河村益根は儒学者として成功し、故実・制度に関する多くの業績を残す。号乾堂。秀根の兄秀穎(ひでかい)（1718―1783）も国学者。

［梅谷文夫　2016年5月19日］

『『書紀集解』全4巻（1936〜1940・国民精神文化研究所／復刻版・1969・臨川書店）』▽『阿部秋生著『河村秀根』（1942・三省堂／増訂復刻版・2002・同書増訂復刻版刊行会）』

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