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*''Born: [[1782]]''
*''Died: [[1863]]''
*''Other Names: Aizawa Yasushi''
*''Japanese'': 会沢正志斎 ''(Aizawa Seishisai)''
Aizawa Seishisai, also known as Yasushi, was a scholar of the [[Mito school]] and advisor to [[Tokugawa Nariaki]], lord of [[Mito han]]. He is most known for his book ''Shinron'' ("New Theses"), first published in [[1848]], which articulated many ideas later taken up by the ''[[joi|jôi]]'' ("expel the barbarians") movement.
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==References==
*Mitani Hiroshi, David Noble (trans.), ''Escape from Impasse'', International House of Japan (2006), 23.
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