Yoshimasa Nozogi

Japanese: 莅戸善政 - のぞぎよしまさ

1735‐1803 (20th year of the Kyoho era‐3rd year of the Kyowa era)
A senior vassal of the Yonezawa Domain in the mid-Edo period. Commonly known as Kurobei, he was also known by the pen names Taika and Kokodo. At the age of 17, he succeeded to the family headship and joined the Nakanoma group. He participated in the Meiwa and An'ei reforms that began in 1767 (Meiwa 4), and rose from magistrate to page head (300 koku). These reforms under the rule of Uesugi Harunori (Yozan) were interrupted during the Tenmei era (1781-89) before being succeeded by the Kansei Reforms, and Yoshimasa was a central figure in the reforms. In 1791 (Kansei 3), he became a Churo-shoku (chief elder), and prepared the outline of the reforms, Souhi (General), and Juchiku Kengi (Shuchiku Proposal), as well as compiled Yozan's words and deeds, Gyosohen (Kyosohen).

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

1735‐1803(享保20‐享和3)
江戸中期の米沢藩の重臣。通称九郎兵衛。太華，好古堂と号する。17歳で家督を継ぎ，中の間組に入る。1767年(明和4)に始まる明和･安永の改革に参画し，町奉行から小姓頭(300石)となった。上杉治憲(鷹山)治下のこの改革は，天明年間(1781‐89)の中断期を経て寛政改革へ引き継がれ，善政は改革の中心人物であった。91年(寛政3)中老職となり，改革の大綱《総紕（そうひ）》および《樹畜建議》を作成し，鷹山の言行録《翹楚編（ぎようそへん）》を撰した。

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