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Japanese: 安積澹泊 - あさか・たんぱく

Year of death: December 10, 2nd year of Genbun (January 29, 1738)
Year of birth: November 13, 2nd year of the Meireki era (December 28, 1656)
A Confucian scholar from the mid-Edo period. A samurai of the Mito domain. His given name was Kaku, his pen name was Shisen, he was commonly known as Kakubei, and his pen name was Tanpaku. At the instruction of his father Sadakichi, who went by the pen name Kisai and was skilled in poetry and prose, he entered the school of Shu Shunsui in 1665. In 1683 he became an editor at Shokokan, and in 1692 he was awarded 300 koku. The following year he was appointed president of Shokokan, and played a leading role in the compilation of the Dai Nihonshi under the domain lord Tokugawa Mitsukuni. In 1714 he stepped down from his position as president, but continued to work at Shokokan and devoted himself to the task of compiling the history. From 1727 to 1728 he was also in charge of the compilation of Retsuso Kyoujutsu, and despite his severely deteriorating eyesight due to his old age he devoted himself to completing it. Although he was knowledgeable and excelled in historical studies, he always maintained a humble attitude as a scholar and was on friendly terms with Arai Hakuseki, Muro Kyusu, and Ogyu Sorai.

(Eiichi Suzuki)

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

Japanese:

没年：元文2.12.10(1738.1.29)
生年：明暦2.11.13(1656.12.28)
江戸中期の儒学者。水戸藩士。名は覚,字は子先,通称は覚兵衛,澹泊は号。希斎と号し詩文をよくした父貞吉の指示で寛文5(1665)年朱舜水の門に入る。天和3(1683)年彰考館編修となり,元禄5(1692)年300石を給され,翌6年彰考館総裁に任じ,藩主徳川光圀のもとで『大日本史』編纂に指導的役割を果たした。正徳4(1714)年には総裁を辞するが,以後も彰考館に勤務して修史事業に尽力。享保12(1727)年から17年にかけては『烈祖成績』の編纂も担当し,老年で視力の衰えが著しいにもかかわらず精魂を傾けてこれを完成した。博識で史学にすぐれていたが,学者としてつねに謙虚な態度を持し,新井白石,室鳩巣,荻生徂徠らとも親交があった。<参考文献>吉田一徳『大日本史紀伝志表撰者考』,『水戸市史』中巻1

(鈴木暎一)

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