Hirata Tetsutane

Japanese: 平田銕胤 - ひらた・かねたね

Year of death: October 5, 1880
Year of birth: Kansei 11 (1799)
A Japanese scholar of the late Edo period and early Meiji period. His first name was Atsumi. He was commonly known as Uchinosuke and later Osumi. He was the son of Midorikawa, a samurai of the Shintani Domain (Ehime Prefecture). In 1822, he became a disciple of Hirata Atsutane. Because he was honest and hardworking, he was adopted by Atsutane in the same year and married his eldest daughter, Chie. Although he did not have any notable academic achievements, he was in charge of practical matters such as raising funds for publishing and selling his father-in-law Atsutane's books. After Atsutane was transferred to Akita due to an offense against the shogunate's name, he ably led over 1,000 students. After the Meiji Restoration, he served as a judge of the Shinto Bureau, a judge of the Domestic Bureau, a lecturer to the Meiji Emperor, and a doctorate at the University, before being appointed Daikyosei (the highest teaching position) in 1879.

(Yoshio Shiraishi)

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

Japanese:

没年：明治13.10.5(1880)
生年：寛政11(1799)
幕末・明治初期の国学者。名は初め篤実。通称は初め内蔵介,のち大角。新谷藩(愛媛県)藩士碧川氏の子。文政5(1822)年平田篤胤に入門。篤実にして勤勉なるをもって同7年篤胤の養子となり,その長女千枝と結婚。学問的業績にさしたるものはないが,義父篤胤のために出版資金の調達や著書販売などの実務を担当した。篤胤が幕府の忌諱に触れて秋田に移されてからは,1000名を超す門人をよく統率した。維新後は神祇事務局判事,内国事務局判事,明治天皇侍講,大学大博士などを経て,明治12(1879)年大教正(教導職の最高位)に任命された。

(白石良夫)

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