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[[File:Saito-kakuki.jpg|right|thumb|400px|Kakuki's grave at the [[Somei Cemetery]] in Tokyo]]
*''Born: [[1752]]''
*''Born: [[1752]]''
*''Died: [[1828]]''
*''Died: [[1828]]''
*''Other Names'': 宇八郎 ''(Uhachirou)'', 敬夫 ''(Takao or Keifu)''
*''Other Names'': 宇八郎 ''(Uhachirou)'', 敬夫 ''(Takao or Keifu)''
*''Japanese'': [[斎藤]]鶴磯 ''(Saitou Kakki)''
*''Japanese'': [[斎藤]]鶴磯 ''(Saitou Kakuki)''
Saitô Kakki was a prominent [[Confucianism|Confucian]] scholar and topographer of the [[Edo period]].
Saitô Kakuki was a prominent [[Confucianism|Confucian]] scholar and topographer of the [[Edo period]].
He was born in [[Edo]], the son of a samurai of [[Mito han]]. He was named Takao or Keifu, as well as Uhachirô, but later took on Kakki as a [[art-name|pseudonym]]. He lived in [[Tokorozawa]] in [[Musashi province]] (today, [[Saitama prefecture]]), and is known in particular for his compilation of the ''Musashi-no banashi shohen'' (武蔵野話初編, "First Edition Story of Musashi Fields"), which he completed in [[1815]]. The following year, he returned to Edo.
He was born in [[Edo]], the son of a samurai of [[Mito han]]. He was named Takao or Keifu, as well as Uhachirô, but later took on Kakki as a [[art-name|pseudonym]]. He lived in [[Tokorozawa]] in [[Musashi province]] (today, [[Saitama prefecture]]), and is known in particular for his compilation of the ''Musashi-no banashi shohen'' (武蔵野話初編, "First Edition Story of Musashi Fields"), which he completed in [[1815]]. The following year, he returned to Edo.
