Takaaki Kimura

Japanese: 木村高敦 - きむら・たかあつ

Year of death: November 1, 1742 (November 27, 1742)
Year of birth: 1680
A shogunate official and historical scholar in the mid-Edo period. Commonly known as Yajuro, his pen name was Yomi. He was the third son of shogunate official Negishi Naotoshi, but was adopted by fellow shogunate official Kimura Yoshihisa. He became the chief official of the shogunate in 1719 (Kyoho 4), and subsequently served as a new official and Nishimaru cook, before becoming the head of the Nishimaru Hiroshiki in 1741 (Kanpo 1). During this time, he worked to collect and organize historical materials on the deeds of Tokugawa Ieyasu, and wrote the Butoku Henenshusei, a biography of Ieyasu. This attracted the attention of the eighth shogun, Yoshimune, who was dissatisfied with the credibility of the articles in the Butoku Taiseiki, the official record of Ieyasu's deeds up until that point, and he presented it to him in 1741. He also wrote other books, such as Buke Kandan and Butoku Anminki.

(Kiyoryo Komiya)

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Japanese:

没年：寛保2.11.1(1742.11.27)
生年：延宝8(1680)
江戸中期の幕臣,歴史考証学者。通称弥十郎,字は世美。毅斎と号する。幕臣根岸直利の3男であったが,同じ幕臣木村義久の養子となる。享保4(1719)年大番組士になったのを始めとして,新番組士,西丸賄頭を歴任し,寛保1(1741)年西丸広敷用人となる。この間,徳川家康の事跡に関する史料の収集と整理に努め,家康の一代記である『武徳編年集成』を著した。これは,それまでの官選の家康事跡録であった『武徳大成記』の記事の信憑性に不満であった8代将軍吉宗の注目するところとなり,寛保1年献上された。ほかに『武家閑談』『武徳安民記』などの著書がある。

(小宮木代良)

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