Tada Nanrei - Just Nanrei

Japanese: 多田南嶺 - ただ・なんれい

Year of death: 12 September 1750 (11 October 1750)
Year of birth: Genroku 11 (1698)
A Shintoist, Japanese scholar, historical scholar, and ukiyo-zoshi author in the mid-Edo period. His surname was originally Tada, and later he went by Katsura. His given name was generally Yoshitoshi, but other names included Yoshihiro and Hideki. He was commonly known by the names Hyobu and Shogen. He is said to have come from Tada in Settsu Province (Kawanishi City, Hyogo Prefecture), and studied various Shinto religions such as Yoshida, Suika, and Ise at an early age. He was particularly influenced by the Suika school of Shinto from Nakagawa Jiboku, and his historical works followed Tsuboi Yoshitomo. His works include Nakatomi Harae Kogi and Shinmei Tsuidan in Shinto, Shokuhara Shobenko in historical works, Kujiki Jishoku Meisho Ko in history, Iroha Seiboden in linguistics, and Waka Monogatari in waka studies, as well as the essays Nunaha no Soushi, Nanreishi, Shuusai Kango, and Nanrei Ikou. Nanrei excelled at documentary research, and in particular his work on "Kujiki Fakesho Meisho Kou" (The Records of Ancient Matters: A Pseudo-Evidence Study), which examined whether the "Kojiki" (The Chronicles of Ancient Matters), which was regarded as a sacred text by the Shinto and historical circles at the time, was a forgery, and made Nanrei famous overnight. However, this resulted in him being excommunicated by Tsuboi Yoshitomo. It can be said that he created the ground for the restoration of Shintoism, such as Kamo no Mabuchi and Motoori Norinaga, by introducing the rational method of evidence into the irrational theory of Shinto. In his later years, he was asked by the Hachimonjiya to write Ukiyo-zoshi (Japanese folklore stories) to make a living, and his style, which incorporated intellectual elements, is considered to be the forerunner of later discussion books and reading books. <References> Hira Shigemichi, "Research on the History of Thought in Early Modern Japan," Nakamura Yukihiko, "The Novels of Tada Nanrei" ("Collected Writings of Nakamura Yukihiko," Vol. 6)

(Yoshio Shiraishi)

Source: Asahi Japanese Historical Biography: Asahi Shimbun Publications Inc. About Asahi Japanese Historical Biography

Japanese:

没年：寛延3.9.12(1750.10.11)
生年：元禄11(1698)
江戸中期の神道家,国学者,故実家,浮世草子作者。姓は初め多田,のち桂を称す。名は義俊が一般的だが,ほかに義寛,秀樹。通称は兵部,将監。摂津国多田(兵庫県川西市)の出といい,早く吉田,垂加,伊勢などの諸神道を学んだ。神道は特に中川自卜から垂加流を受け,故実は壺井義知に従った。神道では『中臣祓古義』『神明憑談』,故実では『職原鈔弁講』,歴史では『旧事記偽書明証考』,語学では『以呂波声母伝』,歌学では『和歌物語』などの著があり,随筆『ぬなはの草紙』『南嶺子』『秋斎間語』『南嶺遺稿』などもその学問の成果である。文献考証をもっとも得意とし,特に『旧事記偽書明証考』は,当時の神道界や歴史学界ではほとんど聖典視されていた『旧事本紀』が偽選であることを考証したものであり,南嶺を一躍有名にした。しかしそのために壺井義知から破門されることとなった。非合理的だった神道学説に,考証という合理的方法を導入したことにおいて,賀茂真淵や本居宣長などの復古神道の土壌を作ったともいえよう。晩年,生活のために八文字屋に請われて浮世草子を執筆したが,知的要素を加味したその作風は,のちの談義本や読本の先駆とも評価されている。<参考文献>平重道『近世日本思想史研究』,中村幸彦「多田南嶺の小説」(『中村幸彦著述集』6巻)

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