Yukiyoshi Numata

A scholar and physician in the late Edo period. His pen name was Doi and he went by the name Rakusuido. He was born in 1790 in Kozuke Province (Gunma Prefecture) into a family of wealthy farmers. He studied medicine under Okuma Shosen and Isono Kodo (1772-1847) and opened a practice in Kawagoe, Bushu (Kawagoe City, Saitama Prefecture). He later became blind and was made a medical inspector. He went to Edo, lived in Yushima, and was called Miyoshinojocho. He was well-known for his deep knowledge of Japanese and Chinese literature, having studied under Hayashi Jutsusai. He is known for writing works such as "Shinanado no Kaze" (1830) and "Kokuikoubenmou" (1831), in which he criticized the Japan-centrism and anti-Confucianism of scholars of Japanese classics such as Kamo no Mabuchi and Motoori Norinaga from the standpoint of Shinju-Confucian unity. He died of illness on December 17, 1859. He is buried at Shokei-ji Temple in Shitaya, Tokyo.

[Miyuki Takahashi June 20, 2016]

"Reprint of "Japanese Thought Conflict Historical Materials, Volume 7" edited by Junkei Washio (1969, Meisyu Publishing Association)"

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江戸後期の学者、医師。字(あざな)は道意。楽水堂と号した。寛政(かんせい)4年上野(こうずけ)国（群馬県）の代々豪農の家に生まれる。大熊松泉、磯野公道(いそのこうどう)（1772―1847）らに就いて医術を学び、武州川越（埼玉県川越市）に開業。後年失明して検校(けんぎょう)に補せられ、江戸に出て湯島に住し、三芳野城長(みよしのじょうちょう)と称した。林述斎(はやしじゅつさい)の門に学ぶなど和漢の学に造詣(ぞうけい)深く、名声があった。なかでも『級長戸風(しなどのかぜ)』（1830）『国意考弁妄(こくいこうべんもう)』（1831）などを著し、賀茂真淵(かもまぶち)、本居宣長(もとおりのりなが)ら国学者の日本中心主義、反儒教主義を神儒一致の立場から批判したことは知られる。嘉永(かえい)2年12月17日病没した。墓所は東京・下谷(したや)の正慶寺。

［高橋美由紀　2016年6月20日］

『鷲尾順敬編『日本思想闘諍史料　第7巻』復刻版（1969・名著刊行会）』

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