Ozehoan - Ozehoan

A Confucian scholar and physician from the Azuchi-Momoyama and early Edo periods. Born in Kasugai County, Owari, of the Toki clan in Mino. His given name was Doki and his pen name was Hoan. He was also known as Matashiro and Chodayu. He was a disciple of the Chinese scholar Fujiwara Seika. He served Hidetsugu, the nephew of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, but was banished and placed under house arrest. Later, he served as a physician to Horio Yoshiharu, the feudal lord of Matsue in Izumo, and Maeda Toshitsune (1594-1658), the feudal lord of Kanazawa in Kaga. He was well versed in Chinese classics, medicine, and military science, and published such old printed books as "Supplementary Commentary on Mengqiu," "The Fourteen Classics of Manifesto," "A New Edition of Medical Proverbs," and "The Ten Writings of Touen Sensei," as well as a supplement to Ota Gyuichi's "Shinchoki." However, he is known for following in the footsteps of Omura Yuko, Ota Gyuichi, and others and publishing the 22-volume collection of biographies of the Taiko, "Taikoki."

[Hiroaki Yamashita April 18, 2016]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

安土(あづち)桃山・江戸前期の儒学者、医家。美濃(みの)、土岐(とき)氏で尾張(おわり)春日井(かすがい)郡に生まれる。名は道喜、号が甫庵。又四郎、長太夫とも。漢学者藤原惺窩(ふじわらせいか)の門人。豊臣秀吉(とよとみひでよし)の甥(おい)、関白秀次(ひでつぐ)に仕えたが、その追放により蟄居(ちっきょ)。のち、出雲(いずも)松江の藩主堀尾吉晴(ほりおよしはる)、加賀金沢藩主前田利常（1594―1658）の各侍医を勤めた。漢学、医学、軍学に通達し、『補註蒙求(ほちゅうもうぎゅう)』『十四経発揮(はっき)』『新編医学正伝』『東垣(とうえん)先生十書』の各古活字本、太田牛一(おおたぎゅういち)の『信長記(しんちょうき)』の補作を刊行したが、大村由己(おおむらゆうこ)、太田牛一らに倣って太閤(たいこう)伝記の集成『太閤記』22巻を刊行したことで知られる。

［山下宏明　2016年4月18日］

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