Matsunaga Sekigo

A Confucian scholar in the early Edo period. His given name was Shozo. His pen name was Kanen. Shakugo was his pen name. The Matsunaga family originated in Suruga (Shizuoka Prefecture). He was born in Kyoto as the son of Teitoku. Teitoku was a representative cultural figure in the early modern period and the founder of Teimon Haikai. He was a second cousin of Fujiwara Seika. It is a misinterpretation that he was the great-grandson of Matsunaga Hisahide. He studied Confucianism under Seika from a young age, and became one of the four philosophers of the Seika school. He followed the school of Cheng and Zhu, but like Seika he was tolerant of other theories and did not reject Buddhism or Taoism. He never served in the government, but opened a lecture hall and a training hall in Kyoto, and as a citizen's scholar and educator, he promoted Kyoto learning after the death of Seika. This contrasts with Hayashi Razan, who only believed in the teachings of Cheng and Zhu and became the founder of official learning. His disciples included such talented people as Kinoshita Junan, Ando Seian, and Utsunomiya Ton'an.

[Hiroyuki Tamakake July 19, 2016]

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江戸初期の儒者。名は昌三。字(あざな)は遐年(かねん)。尺五は号である。松永家は駿河(するが)（静岡県）の出身。貞徳(ていとく)の子として京都に生まれる。貞徳は近世初頭の代表的文化人で、貞門俳諧(はいかい)の祖。藤原惺窩(ふじわらせいか)とは再従兄弟(またいとこ)の間柄。松永久秀の曽孫(そうそん)とするのは誤伝である。幼少から惺窩に師事して儒学を修め、長じて惺窩門の四哲の一人となる。程朱学を奉じたが、惺窩に似て他説に寛容で、仏教、道教をも排斥しなかった。終生仕官せず、京都に講習堂、尺五堂を開いて、市井の学者・教育者として、惺窩なき後の京学を振興した。林羅山(はやしらざん)が程朱学のみを是(ぜ)として官学の祖となったのと対照的である。門下生に木下順庵(きのしたじゅんあん)、安東省庵(あんどうせいあん)、宇都宮遯庵(うつのみやとんあん)らの逸材がある。

［玉懸博之　2016年7月19日］

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