Munetake Tayasu

Japanese: 田安宗武 - たやす・むねたけ

Year of death: 4th June 1771 (15th July 1771)
Year of birth: 27 November 1715 (22 December 1715)
A poet and scholar of Japanese classics in the mid-Edo period. Founder of the Tayasu Tokugawa clan. Born as the second son of Tokugawa Yoshimune at the Kishu Domain residence in Akasaka, Edo. Some say that his date of birth was December 27th, but official records (such as family genealogy) state that it was November. His childhood name was Kojiro. He was a Junior Third Rank, Gonchujo Kaneemon no Kami, Councillor, and then Gon Chunagon. He showed genius from an early age. While his older brother Ieshige was not in good health and there were doubts about his qualifications to succeed the Shogun, there were high hopes for Munetake, but Yoshimune had Ieshige succeed him and had Munetake establish the Tayasu clan within Edo Castle (1731). Thus, Munetake enjoyed a free environment and was able to develop his natural love of learning brilliantly. He was skilled in both the arts and the military, but he was particularly fond of Japanese classics, waka poetry, and court etiquette and customs. He called on Kata Arimitsu for assistance in Japanese studies, and while he sought guidance in classical studies, he also engaged in the famous "Hachiron" debate on the national anthem. Heavily influenced by Kamo no Mabuchi, who took over from Arimitsu, he established a generous and powerful style of poetry in the style of the Manyoshu, and further deepened the debate on the "Hachiron" debate on the national anthem. However, since his father Yoshimune placed importance on the poetry studies of the Reizei family, it is also true that the courtier-style style of poetry remains strong, and it would be insufficient to discuss Munetake's waka poetry only from Mabuchi's perspective. He wrote many works, including the family anthologies "Ame-no-koto" and "Yuzen-in-sama Goeisou," the poetry treatise "Uta-tai Yōgen," and the court etiquette book "Gyokukan Sōsetsu." Father of Matsudaira Sadanobu, a leading advocate of the Kansei Reforms. <References> Toki Yoshimaro, "Tayasu Munetake," 4 volumes

(Keichi Kubota)

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

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没年：明和8.6.4(1771.7.15)
生年：正徳5.11.27(1715.12.22)
江戸中期の歌人,国学者。田安徳川家の祖。徳川吉宗の次男として江戸赤坂紀州藩邸に出生。なお生年月日を12月27日とする説もあるが,公式記録(家譜など)では11月である。幼名小次郎。従三位左近衛権中将兼右衛門督,参議を経て権中納言。幼時より英才ぶりを発揮した。兄家重が健康に恵まれず将軍職を継ぐべき資格に疑問を持たれる一方,宗武は大いに期待されもしたが,吉宗は家重に継がせ,宗武には江戸城内に田安家を創設させた(1731)。かくて宗武は自由な境遇を楽しみつつ,生来の好学を見事に発展させた。文武両道に通じたが,なかでも国学,和歌,有職故実を好んだ。和学御用に荷田在満を召し,古典研究の指導を仰ぐ一方,有名な『国歌八論』論争を繰り広げた。在満のあとを受けて出仕した賀茂真淵の影響を強く受け,万葉調の大らかで力強い歌風を樹立し,『国歌八論』論議をさらに深めた。しかし,父の吉宗が冷泉家の歌学を重視したこともあって,堂上風の歌風が色濃く残っているのも事実で,真淵の方面からばかり宗武の和歌を論じるのは不十分というべきであろう。家集『天降言』『悠然院様御詠草』,歌論『歌体約言』,有職故実書『玉函叢説』その他著述は多い。寛政改革の主唱者松平定信の父。<参考文献>土岐善麿『田安宗武』全4巻

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