Nagano Shuzen

A samurai of Hikone Domain and a scholar of Japanese classics in the late Edo period. His first name was Shume, his given name was Yoshitoki, and his pen name was Momonoya. He was paid 250 koku. He is said to have been born in Ise, but his origins are unknown. He lectured on Japanese classics and traveled around the country with his wife Taki, and in 1841 (Tenpo 12) he opened the Koshokan in Shigaya Village, Sakata County, Omi Province (Shigaya, Maibara City, Shiga Prefecture). The following year, upon hearing of his fame, Ii Naosuke, who lived in Umoreginoya at the time, became his disciple, and when he became the lord of Hikone Domain in 1850 (Kaei 3), he was employed in April 1852 as a scholar of Japanese classics at the Kodokan with a stipend of 20 people. Not only was he skilled in Japanese classics and waka poetry, but when Naosuke became the chief advisor, he played a key role as his trusted adviser and was involved in the Ansei Purge. He was executed by beheading on August 27th in the political upheaval of 62 (Bunkyu 2). He is the author of many books, including "Kogaku Domonroku," "Sawanoneseri," and "Momonosha Kashu."

[Tsuneharu Fujita]

"Ii Family Documents, compiled by the Historiographical Institute of the University of Tokyo, 25 volumes published (1959-, University of Tokyo Press)" ▽ "Ii Naosuke, written by Yoshida Tsuneyoshi (1963, Yoshikawa Kobunkan)"

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江戸後期の彦根(ひこね)藩士、国学者。初め主馬(しゅめ)、諱(いみな)は義言(よしとき)、号は桃廼舎(もものや)。250石。伊勢(いせ)生まれというが、その出自は不明。国学を講じながら妻多紀(たき)とともに諸国を遊歴し、1841年（天保12）近江(おうみ)国坂田郡志賀谷(しがや)村（滋賀県米原(まいばら)市志賀谷）に高尚(こうしょう)館を開く。翌年その名声を聞いた当時埋木舎(うもれぎのや)住まいの井伊直弼(なおすけ)が入門し、50年（嘉永3）彦根藩主となるに及んで、52年4月弘道館(こうどうかん)国学方二十人扶持(ぶち)で召し抱えられた。国学、歌学に長じていたのみならず、直弼が大老に就任するやその懐刀的存在として敏腕を振るい、安政(あんせい)の大獄に関与した。62年（文久2）の政変で8月27日斬罪(ざんざい)に処せられた。著書に『古学答問録』『沢之根世利(さわのねせり)』『桃廼舎歌集』など多数がある。

［藤田恒春］

『東京大学史料編纂所編『井伊家史料』既刊25冊（1959～　・東京大学出版会）』▽『吉田常吉著『井伊直弼』（1963・吉川弘文館）』

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