Mishima Nakasu - Mishima

Japanese: 三島中洲 - みしま・ちゅうしゅう

Year of death: May 12, 1919
Year of birth: Tempo 1.12.9 (1831.1.22)
A Chinese scholar and lawyer from the late Edo, Meiji and Taisho periods. His given name was Takeshi, and his pen name was Enshu, and he was commonly known as Teiichiro. His pen names included Nakasu, Kirinan, Eshou and Heikakurosen. He was born to a village chief in Nakajimamura, Bitchu (Kurashiki City, Okayama Prefecture). He studied under Yamada Hokoku and Saito Setsudo, learning about Cheng Zhu, Yangming and classical learning, and in his 20s he became devoted to current affairs policy. He entered Shoheiko Academy and was taught by Sato Issai and Asaka Gonsai. As a samurai of the Matsuyama domain of Bitchu, he taught at Yushukan, and served as the Shoheiko poetry and prose officer and the domain's military preparation officer. In the midst of the unrest in the western provinces, he once again turned his attention to the Yangming school of thought of his master, Hokoku. In the early Meiji period, he was reprimanded by the Imperial Court's pacification envoy for the domain's support of the shogunate, but he retired after resolving the situation. In 1872, he was conscripted by the new government to serve in the Ministry of Justice, where he served in various positions, including at the Tokyo Court, Shinchi Court, and as a specially appointed judge at the Supreme Court. In 1877, he founded the Nishogakusha school in Kojimachi. After lecturing at Tokyo Normal School, he became a professor of the Classics Department at the Faculty of Letters, University of Tokyo, and retired in 1884. He re-entered the legal profession (as a prosecutor and judge at the Supreme Court) and worked on revising the Civil Code. He was highly trusted by the Imperial Court, and served as a special adviser to the Crown Prince and an Imperial Court advisor. <Works> Nakasu Bunko, Nakasu Kowa, Kasumigaura Yumo <References> Disciple Collection, Chronology of Mishima Nakasu Sensei

(Miyazaki Shuta)

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

Japanese:

没年：大正8.5.12(1919)
生年：天保1.12.9(1831.1.22)
幕末明治大正期の漢学者,法律家。名は毅,字遠叔,通称貞一郎。号中洲,桐南,絵荘,陪鶴老仙など。備中中島村(岡山県倉敷市)の里正の家に生まれる。山田方谷,斎藤拙堂に師事して程朱,陽明,古学を学び,20歳代にして時務策に執心。昌平黌に入り,佐藤一斎,安積艮斎に教えを受ける。備中松山藩士として有終館に教え,昌平黌詩文掛や藩の武備掛を兼務。不穏な西国情勢のなかであらためて師方谷流の陽明学に傾斜した。明治初年,朝廷鎮撫使による藩論佐幕の譴責を受け,それを打開したのち致仕。明治5(1872)年,新政府から徴され司法省に出仕,東京裁判所,新治裁判所,大審院特選判事などを歴任。10年麹町に二松学舎を創設。東京師範学校出講ののち東京大学文科大学古典科教授となり,19年退官。再度法曹界に入り(大審院検事,判事)民法修正に当たる。宮中の信頼も厚く東宮御用掛や宮中顧問官を務めた。<著作>『中洲文稿』『中洲講話』『霞浦游藻』<参考文献>門人輯『三島中洲先生年譜』

(宮崎修多)

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