"Suga Family Lineage Record"

...A Shinto lecturer in the late Edo period. Born as a samurai of the Tokushima domain, he went to Tokyo to study the Shinto scriptures and became a Shinto professor for the Yoshida family, traveling around the country to promote Shinto. He wrote popular Shinto books praising the divine nation of Japan, such as "Nenchu ​​Koji" and "Sugake Seikeiroku," and called Kamo no Mabuchi a "wicked traitor to the nation." It is said that his influence extended to Yoshida Shoin. Three brothers, Tamada Gyokushisai, Gyokushuusai, and Gyokuhosai, emerged from this group of Shinto lecturers and were active in the Osaka lecture world in the Meiji period, and the second generation Tamashuusai created the written storytelling series "Tachikawa Bunko." ...

*Some of the terminology explanations that refer to "Suga Family Genealogy" are listed below.

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…江戸後期の神道講釈師。徳島藩士として生まれ，上京して神典を学び吉田家の神道教授となり，全国を遊歴して神道の普及につとめた。《年中故事》《菅家世系録》など，神国日本を賞賛した通俗神道書を著し，賀茂真淵を〈姦悪国賊〉ときめつけた。その影響は吉田松陰にも及ぶといわれる。この玉田派の神道講釈師から，玉田玉枝斎（ぎよくしさい）･玉秀斎（ぎよくしゆうさい）･玉芳斎（ぎよくほうさい）の3兄弟が出て明治の大阪講釈界で活躍，さらに2代目玉秀斎によって書き講談〈立川文庫〉が誕生している。…

※「《菅家正系録》」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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