Hikomaro Saito - Saito Hikomaro

Japanese: 斎藤彦麿 - さいとう・ひこまろ

Year of death: 1854.4.9 (1854.3.12)
Year of birth: Meiwa 5.1.5 (1768.2.22)
A Japanese scholar of the late Edo period. A samurai of Hamada Domain, Iwami (Shimane Prefecture). Born in Yahagi, Mikawa Province (Aichi Prefecture). His original surname was Ogino. His first name was Tomoaki. He was commonly known as Hikorokuro, his title was Karei, and his pen names were Miyagawasha and Ashikarian. In 1796 (Kansei 8, some say 1797), he inherited the Saito family and lived in Edo, serving Matsudaira Yasuto of Hamada Domain, Iwami. He studied under Ise Sadatake and Kamo Suetaka, and called himself a disciple of Norinaga, but in fact he was a disciple of Motoori Ohira. He is said to have had connections with comic writers such as Santo Kyoden. He had over 500 disciples. He wrote many books on subjects ranging from Shinto, commentaries on the classics, Japanese linguistics, to essays, giving the strong impression of being a generalist. His family anthology is the Ashikarianshu. His works include Shinto Mondo and Drunken Five Theory. <References> Noriko Ohashi, "Ashikakuan Saito Hikomaro" (Gakuen, Vol. 7, No. 11)

(Yoichi Iikura)

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没年：安政1.3.12(1854.4.9)
生年：明和5.1.5(1768.2.22)
江戸後期の国学者。石見(島根県)浜田藩士。三河国(愛知県)矢作の生まれ。本姓荻野氏。初名智明。通称彦六郎,字可怜,号宮川舎,葦仮庵。寛政8(1796)年(7年説もあり)斎藤家を相続して,石見浜田藩松平康任に仕えて江戸に住む。伊勢貞丈,賀茂季鷹に学び,また宣長門人を自称していたが,実際は本居大平門人であった。山東京伝らの戯作者とも交わりがあったと伝えられる。門人は500人を超えた。著書は神道,古典注釈,国語学から随筆まで数多く,雑学者という印象が強い。家集に『葦仮庵集』。著作に『神道問答』『酔中五論』など。<参考文献>大橋紀子「葦仮庵斎藤彦麿」(『学苑』7巻11号)

(飯倉洋一)

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