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| *''Born: [[1811]]/2/28'' | | *''Born: [[1811]]/2/28'' |
− | *''Died: [[1864]]'' | + | *''Died: [[1864]]/7/11'' |
| + | *''Titles'': 修理 ''(Shuuri)'' |
| + | *''Other Names'': 啓 ''(Hiraki)'' |
| *''Japanese'': 佐久間象山 ''(Sakuma Shouzan)'' | | *''Japanese'': 佐久間象山 ''(Sakuma Shouzan)'' |
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− | Sakuma Shôzan was a scholar of Western learning (''[[Rangaku]]'') and a prominent figure of the [[Bakumatsu Period]]. He opened a private school in [[Edo]] in [[1839]], and in [[1842]] wrote the ''[[Kaibo Hassaku|Kaibô Hassaku]]'' (海防八策, "Eight Plans for Naval Defense"). He was imprisoned for a time under suspicion that he was involved in an assassination planned by [[Yoshida Shoin|Yoshida Shôin]], but was eventually released as it was determined Shôzan was not involved. | + | Sakuma Shôzan was a scholar of Western learning (''[[Rangaku]]'') and a prominent figure of the [[Bakumatsu Period]]. He opened a private school in [[Edo]] in [[1839]], and in [[1842]] wrote the ''[[Kaibo Hassaku|Kaibô Hassaku]]'' (海防八策, "Eight Plans for Naval Defense"). He was imprisoned by the shogunate beginning on [[1854]]/4/6<ref>Ishin Shiryô Kôyô 維新史料綱要, vol 1 (1937), 581.</ref> under suspicion that he was involved in an assassination planned by [[Yoshida Shoin|Yoshida Shôin]], but was eventually released as it was determined Shôzan was not involved. |
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− | In [[1864]], Sakuma moved to [[Kyoto]] and established a residence in [[Kiyamachi]]. He was working for the [[Tokugawa shogunate|shogunate]] at this time, in support of the promotion of the opening of the country. He was killed, however, by ''[[sonno joi|sonnô jôi]]'' Imperial loyalists (anti-shogunate rebels). | + | In [[1864]], Sakuma moved to [[Kyoto]] and established a residence in [[Kiyamachi]]. He was working for the [[Tokugawa shogunate|shogunate]] at this time, in support of the promotion of the opening of the country. He was, however, killed by ''[[sonno joi|sonnô jôi]]'' Imperial loyalists (anti-shogunate rebels) who attacked him on the street, accusing him of supporting errors in national policy and of plotting to have the emperor leave Kyoto.<ref>Ishin Shiryô Kôyô 維新史料綱要, vol 5 (1937), 373.</ref> |
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| ==References== | | ==References== |
| *Plaque on-site at site of Sakuma Shôzan's former residence in Kyoto Kiyamachi. | | *Plaque on-site at site of Sakuma Shôzan's former residence in Kyoto Kiyamachi. |
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| [[Category:Scholars and Philosophers]] | | [[Category:Scholars and Philosophers]] |
| [[Category:Bakumatsu]] | | [[Category:Bakumatsu]] |