Ando Tameaki

A Japanese scholar of the mid-Edo period. His first name was Tameaki. He was commonly known as Uhei, and later Shinsuke. He called himself Toshiyama. He was from Tanba Province (Kyoto Prefecture). He studied waka poetry under Nakanoin Michishige (1631-1710) and Confucianism under Ito Jinsai. He was invited by Tokugawa Mitsukuni in Mito along with his older brother Tamezane (1654-1717), and participated in the compilation of works such as Dai Nihonshi and Rigyo Ruiten as associates of the Shokokan. At Mitsukuni's command, he was taught by Keichu in Naniwa (Osaka Prefecture) and established a family of scholars of historical research. "Seven Treatises on Murasaki Shikibu" is a noteworthy work that serves as a pioneer in biographical research on Murasaki Shikibu, and her other works include "Thoughts on the Tale of Eiga," "Thoughts on the Tale of Utsubo," and the essay "Nenzan Kibun."

[Ken Akiyama April 18, 2016]

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江戸中期の国学者。初め為明。通称は右平、のち新介。年山と号した。丹波(たんば)国（京都府）の人。和歌を中院通茂(なかのいんみちしげ)（1631―1710）に、儒学を伊藤仁斎(いとうじんさい)に学んだ。兄為実(ためざね)（1654―1717）とともに水戸の徳川光圀(とくがわみつくに)に招かれ、彰考館の寄人(よりうど)として『大日本史』や『礼儀類典』などの編纂(へんさん)にあずかる。光圀の命によって難波(なにわ)（大阪府）の契沖(けいちゅう)の指導を受け、考証学者として一家をなした。『紫女七論(しじょしちろん)』は紫式部の伝記研究の先駆として注目すべき著述であり、ほかに『栄華(えいが)物語考』『宇津保(うつぼ)物語考』や随筆『年山紀聞(ねんざんきぶん)』などがある。

［秋山　虔　2016年4月18日］

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