Hidemi Gamou - Hidemi Gamou

...A supporter of Imperial rule in the late Edo period. His name was Hidemi, and he was commonly known as Isaburo, and his pen name was Kimpei. Born as the fourth son of a merchant family in Utsunomiya, Shimotsuke, he studied under the Confucian scholar Suzuki Ishibashi, and later became acquainted with Fujita Yukoku and Hayashi Shihei, and was influenced by Mitogaku. He investigated the ruins of the Imperial tombs of the successive Emperors, and wrote "Sanryo-shi" in 1808 (Bunka 5), ​​which had a great influence on the supporters of the Imperial rule at the end of the Edo period. In response to the appearance of Russian warships in the northern part of the country, he wrote "Fujiyutui" in 1807, in which he appealed to the shogunate government for a sense of crisis and the need for coastal defense. Together with Hayashi Shihei and Takayama Hikokuro, he is called one of the "Three Eccentrics of the Kansei Period." ...

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Gamo Hidemi" is listed below.

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…江戸後期の尊王論者。名は秀実，通称伊三郎，字は君平。下野宇都宮の商家の四男として生まれ，儒者鈴木石橋のもとに学び，のち藤田幽谷，林子平らと交わり，水戸学の影響を受けた。荒廃した歴代天皇陵を調査し，1808年(文化5)《山陵志》を著したが，これは幕末尊王論に大きな影響をあたえた。また，ロシア軍艦の北辺出現を契機として1807年に《不恤緯（ふじゆつい）》を著し，幕閣に危機意識と海防の必要性を訴えた。林子平，高山彦九郎とともに〈寛政の三奇人〉と呼ばれる。…

※「蒲生秀実」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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