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*''Born: [[1823]]''
*''Died: [[1909]]/4/13''
*''Other Names'': 南摩綱紀 ''(Nanma Tsunanori)''
*''Japanese'': 南摩羽峰 ''(Nanma Uhou)''
Nanma Uhô was a prominent ''[[kokugaku]]'' scholar of the [[Bakumatsu]] and [[Meiji period]]s.
Nanma was born in [[1823]] in the [[jokamachi|castle town]] of [[Aizu-Wakamatsu castle]], and as a child attended the [[han school]] [[Nisshinkan (Aizu)|Nisshinkan]] and distinguished himself as an excellent student. At age 25, at the orders of the domain, he began studying at the [[Shoheizaka gakumonjo|Shôheizaka gakumonjo]]; while in [[Edo]] he also began studying Western studies under [[Sugita Seikei]] and [[Ishii Mitsutaro|Ishii Mitsutarô]], among others.
In [[1855]], he traveled the [[Kansai]], and investigated local customs to report back to his domain. Then, for six years beginning in [[1862]], he spent time in [[Karafuto]], working towards its annexation or integration. In [[1868]], he returned from Karafuto and became the head of education at the [[Aizu han]] mansion. During the [[Boshin War]], at the orders of his domain, he laid low in [[Osaka]]; returning to Aizu, he found the castle destroyed, and found himself confined in [[Takada han]].
Following the [[Meiji Restoration]], Nanma became head of education in [[Kyoto prefecture]], then later worked for the [[Dajokan]] and the [[Ministry of Education]], and became a professor at the [[University of Tokyo]] and at normal schools and women's normal schools. Along with [[Nishimura Shigeki]], he helped found the [[Nihon Kodokai|Nihon Kôdôkai]], a moral philosophy group.
He died on 13 April [[1909]], and is buried at [[Yanaka Cemetery]] in Tokyo.
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==References==
*[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/10661226905/ Explanatory plaques] at Nanma's grave in Yanaka Cemetery, Tokyo.
[[Category:Scholars and Philosophers]]
[[Category:Bakumatsu]]
[[Category:Meiji Period]]