Satō Issai

Satō Issai (佐藤 一斎, 14 November 1772 – 19 October 1859) was a famous Confucian scholar during the late Edo period[1] from Iwamura-han, Mino No Kuni (currently 岩村町 Iwamura-chō in Gifu Prefecture). Adopted by the Hayashi clan of scholars, his teachings or stints as adviser had a deep impact on many figures of the last days of the shogunate such as the reformers Tsugaru Yukitsugu, Sakuma Shōzan, the painter Watanabe Kazan, Yokoi Shōnan, and Nakamura Masanao.

Portrait of Satō Issai at the age of 50, by Watanabe Kazan (1821)

Legacy

His writings are mainly analects known as the 言志四録 (Genjishiroku, Japanese page of Wikipedia).

He also named the famous Shōyō-en Garden of the Nikko complex.

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References
  1. "Satō Issai". Kotobank. Asahi Shinbun. Retrieved 16 December 2015.
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