Yamamoto Masayoshi

• Born: 1734
• Died: 1808
• Japanese: 山本 正誼 (Yamamoto Masayoshi)

Yamamoto Masayoshi was a Satsuma han retainer, and the first lead instructor of the Zôshikan, a domain school established by Shimazu Shigehide in 1773.

A Confucian scholar, Yamamoto served for a time as seidô bugyô (Magistrate of the Confucian Hall) in Satsuma, before being appointed to head the newly-established Zôshikan. He served in that position for many years, and then later was named monogashira yônin.

In 1802, he compiled a history of the domain entitled Shimazu kokushi.

References

• Ono Masako, Tomita Chinatsu, Kanna Keiko, Taguchi Kei, "Shiryô shôkai Kishi Akimasa bunko Satsuyû kikô," Shiryôhenshûshitsu kiyô 31 (2006), 245.