Kiyohara Noritada - Kiyohara no Narita

Japanese: 清原業忠 - きよはらのなりただ

Year of death: 1467.5.31 (Onin 1.4.28)
Year of birth: 1409
A Confucian scholar from the Muromachi period. The founder of the revival of Confucianism in the Kiyohara family. Son of Sogyo and grandson of Ryoken. His pen name was Kansuken. His original name was Yoshinobu. He initially served Prince Yoshiyoshi of the Southern Court and was appointed as a vassal of the Suijo. In 1427, he moved to Tsushima in Owari, and briefly lived in Yoshino. Later, he returned to Kyoto and served as a tutor to Emperor Gohanazono. All the scholars in the country looked to Yoshitada as their teacher, and it was said that the Kiyohara school flourished. He was appointed Daizen-no-daifu and Oino-no-kami, and was appointed Myotsu-no-hakase, and was allowed to enter the palace. He was then promoted to Junior Fourth Rank Upper and appointed as a direct lecturer and dai-gaiki. In 1449, he was appointed as a junior councilor, and in June 1455, breaking with family tradition, he was promoted to Junior Third Rank and allowed to enter the palace while he was still alive. In 1457, he was appointed Minister of Finance, and in the following year, he was awarded the rank of Shosanmi, but took this opportunity to shave his head. His posthumous Buddhist name was Tsunetada. According to Ten'in's lecture on the Analects of Confucius, his style of learning was to incorporate new commentaries by Zhu Xi into the ancient commentaries.

(Makoto Yamazaki)

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Japanese:

没年：応仁1.4.28(1467.5.31)
生年：応永16(1409)
室町時代の儒学者。清原家儒学中興の祖。宗業の子,良賢の孫。号は環翠軒。初名良宣。はじめ南朝の尹良親王に属して主水正に任ぜられ,応永34(1427)年尾張津島に移り,一時吉野にもいたが,のちに京都に帰り後花園天皇の侍読として仕え,天下の学者は皆業忠を師とし,清原の学大いに興るといわれた。大膳大夫,大炊頭を経て明経博士に補せられ,内昇殿を許された。次いで従四位上に叙せられ,直講,大外記に任ぜられた。宝徳1(1449)年少納言に任ぜられ,康正1(1455)年6月には家例を破り,生前に従三位に叙せられ昇殿を許された。長禄1(1457)年には大蔵卿に任じ,翌2年正三位に叙せられたが,これを機に剃髪した。法名常忠。その学風は,業忠の講義を聞いた天隠の『論語抄』によると,古注に朱子の新注を加味したものであった。

(山崎誠)

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