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Mitsukuri Genpo was a court physician in service to [[Tsuyama han]]. He is known for his prominent involvement in Western Studies (''[[yogaku|yôgaku]]'') circles and institutions in the 1850s.

Mitsukuri Genpo was a court physician in service to [[Tsuyama han]]. He is known for his prominent involvement in Western Studies (''[[yogaku|yôgaku]]'') circles and institutions in the 1850s.

In [[1850]], he founded a group known as the ''[[Oshushikai|Ôshûshikai]]'' (lit. "Association for the History of the European States"), at which he gave lectures and led discussions. In [[1855]], the [[Tokugawa shogunate]] named him to a post at the shogunate's official ''[[Yogakusho|Yôgakusho]]'' (Western Studies Institute).

In [[1850]], he founded a group known as the ''[[Oshushikai|Ôshûshikai]]'' (lit. "Association for the History of the European States"), at which he gave lectures and led discussions. In [[1855]], the [[Tokugawa shogunate]] named him to a post at the shogunate's official ''[[Yogakusho|Yôgakusho]]'' (Western Studies Institute); the following year, the institute was renamed the ''Bansho Shirabesho'' and Mitsukuri was named an instructor there.

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==References==

==References==

*Ishin Shiryô Kôyô 維新史料綱要, vol 1 (1937), 291.

*Ishin Shiryô Kôyô 維新史料綱要, vol 1 (1937), 291.

*Ishin Shiryô Kôyô 維新史料綱要, vol 2 (1937), 102.

*Ishin Shiryô Kôyô 維新史料綱要, vol 2 (1937), 102, 184.

[[Category:Scholars and Philosophers]]

[[Category:Scholars and Philosophers]]

[[Category:Bakumatsu]]

[[Category:Bakumatsu]]