Nishiyama Memorial

Japanese: 西山遺事 - せいざんいじ

A record of the words and deeds of Tokugawa Mitsukuni, the second lord of the Mito domain. It was compiled in 1701 (Genroku 14) (the year after Mitsukuni's death) by three men who served Mitsukuni: Miki Yukimoto, Miyata Kiyosada, and Makino Kazutaka. It has 5 volumes. It is also called "Togen Iji." Not only does it contain a wealth of anecdotes, but it also contains many events that are unique to this book, making it an extremely valuable biographical historical resource on Mitsukuni. Written in Japanese, it is the most widely circulated of Mitsukuni's biographies, and is also important in that it had a major influence on the formation of Mitsukuni's image in later generations. [Suzuki Eiichi]

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

水戸藩2代藩主徳川光圀の言行録。光圀に仕えた三木之幹，宮田清貞，牧野和高の3人が，光圀の没した翌1701年(元禄14)に編集。5巻。一名《桃源遺事》。逸話を豊富に盛り込んでいるだけでなく，本書だけが伝える事跡も多く，光圀の伝記史料としてすこぶる価値が高い。和文で書かれているため光圀の伝記中では最も広く流布し，後世の光圀像の形成に大きな影響を及ぼした点でも重要である。【鈴木暎一】

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