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*''Born: [[1760]]/1/20''
*''Died: [[1841]]/6/29''
*''Other Names'': [[松浦]]清 ''(Matsuura Kiyoshi)'', 松浦英三郎 (''Matsuura Eizaburou'')
*''Japanese'': 松浦静山 ''(Matsuura Seizan)''
Matsuura Kiyoshi, perhaps more well-known by his [[art-name]] (''gô'') Matsuura Seizan, was the 9th lord of [[Hirado han]]. He is especially known for his 200-volume ''[[Kasshi yawa]]'', a collection of records of his thoughts and experiences.
Known as Eizaburô as a child, he was born in [[1760]] the son of [[Matsuura Masanobu]]<!--aka Masashi 政-->, who was in turn the third son of the 8th lord of Hirado, [[Matsuura Sanenobu]]. His father Masanobu died in [[1771]], and upon his grandfather's retirement in [[1775]]/2, Eizaburô, known by his adult name Kiyoshi, became lord of Hirado at the age of 16, with 61,700 ''[[koku]]''. His rank and title were Junior Lower Fifth Rank, Iki-no-kami. Facing chronic difficulties in the domain finances, Kiyoshi undertook numerous structural and economic reforms, and is credited with considerable noticeable successes in that realm.
A studious person even from a young age, and avid poet, Kiyoshi took on the poetry name Seizan, and promoted study and the arts in his domain. He is said to have been well-versed in the customs of both elite samurai and court society, Chinese and Japanese history, historical anecdotes, ''[[waka]]'', herbalism, natural history, folklore, and ''[[Rangaku]]'', among other fields. He engaged in intellectual and cultural intercourse with many prominent scholars of his time, including [[Kimura Kenkado|Kimura Kenkadô]], [[Minagawa Kien]], [[Sanada Yukitsura]] (lord of [[Matsushiro han]]), and [[Oseki Masunari|Ôseki Masunari]] (lord of [[Kurohane han]]). In [[1779]], he opened a [[han school|''han'' school]] called the Ishinkan, and the following year established libraries known as Gakusaidô in Hirado, and Kan'onsai in Edo. He then also established a the Kenkisai in [[1784]], an office for the compilation of histories; the ''[[Matsuura kaseiden]]'' was compiled there.
Seizan was also active in martial arts and military matters. He practiced [[Shingyoto Ryu|Shingyôtô-ryû]] swordsmanship, and strengthened domain military preparedness & maritime defenses.
As ''daimyô'', Seizan was obliged to travel between his domain, in [[Kyushu]], and [[Edo]], every other year; his 200-volume ''Kasshi yawa'' ("Evening Stories of the ''Kinoe'' Year")<ref>''Kinoe'' is the first of the sixty combinations in the [[sexegenary cycle]]; the day on which he began the diary was such a day in the cycle.</ref>, written from [[1821]]/11 until his death in [[1841]], reveals his great interest in spectacles and special events. He is known to have attended ''[[machi-iri Noh]]'' on at least one occasion (likely somewhat often),<ref>Anne Walthall, "Hiding the shoguns: Secrecy and the nature of political authority in Tokugawa Japan," in Bernard Scheid and Mark Teeuwen (eds.) ''The Culture of Secrecy in Japanese Religion'', Routledge (2006), 354n36.</ref> and to have purchased [[printing and publishing|woodblock prints]] depicting the [[Ryukyuan embassy to Edo]] of [[1790]]. He describes the street processions of the [[1832]] mission in some detail, in a section of the ''Kasshi yawa'' known as ''Hoshin ryûheiki''<!--保辰琉聘記-->.<ref>Ronald Toby, "Carnival of the Aliens: Korean Embassies in Edo-Period Art and Popular Culture," ''Monumenta Nipponica'' 41:4 (1986), 416, 422-423.</ref>
He retired in [[1806]], and entered the tutelage of his friend [[Hayashi Jussai]], head of the [[Hayashi clan]] of [[Neo-Confucianism|Confucian]] scholars. Following his death in 1841 at the age of 82, he was buried at [[Tensho-ji|Tenshô-ji]]<!--本所天祥寺--> in the Honjo neighborhood of Edo.
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==References==
*"[https://kotobank.jp/word/%E6%9D%BE%E6%B5%A6%E9%9D%99%E5%B1%B1-16635 Matsuura Seizan]," ''Bijitsu jinmei jiten'', Shibunkaku.
*"[https://kotobank.jp/word/%E6%9D%BE%E6%B5%A6%E9%9D%99%E5%B1%B1-16635 Matsuura Seizan]," ''Asahi Nihon rekishi jinbutsu jiten'', Asahi Shimbunsha.
*"[https://kotobank.jp/word/%E6%9D%BE%E6%B5%A6%E9%9D%99%E5%B1%B1-16635 Matsuura Seizan]," ''Sekai daihyakka jiten'', Hitachi Solutions, 2013.
*"[https://kotobank.jp/word/%E6%9D%BE%E6%B5%A6%E9%9D%99%E5%B1%B1-16635 Matsuura Seizan]," ''Britannica kokusai daihyakka jiten'', Britannica Japan, 2014.
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[[Category:Samurai]]
[[Category:Edo Period]]
*''Died: [[1841]]/6/29''
*''Other Names'': [[松浦]]清 ''(Matsuura Kiyoshi)'', 松浦英三郎 (''Matsuura Eizaburou'')
*''Japanese'': 松浦静山 ''(Matsuura Seizan)''
Matsuura Kiyoshi, perhaps more well-known by his [[art-name]] (''gô'') Matsuura Seizan, was the 9th lord of [[Hirado han]]. He is especially known for his 200-volume ''[[Kasshi yawa]]'', a collection of records of his thoughts and experiences.
Known as Eizaburô as a child, he was born in [[1760]] the son of [[Matsuura Masanobu]]<!--aka Masashi 政-->, who was in turn the third son of the 8th lord of Hirado, [[Matsuura Sanenobu]]. His father Masanobu died in [[1771]], and upon his grandfather's retirement in [[1775]]/2, Eizaburô, known by his adult name Kiyoshi, became lord of Hirado at the age of 16, with 61,700 ''[[koku]]''. His rank and title were Junior Lower Fifth Rank, Iki-no-kami. Facing chronic difficulties in the domain finances, Kiyoshi undertook numerous structural and economic reforms, and is credited with considerable noticeable successes in that realm.
A studious person even from a young age, and avid poet, Kiyoshi took on the poetry name Seizan, and promoted study and the arts in his domain. He is said to have been well-versed in the customs of both elite samurai and court society, Chinese and Japanese history, historical anecdotes, ''[[waka]]'', herbalism, natural history, folklore, and ''[[Rangaku]]'', among other fields. He engaged in intellectual and cultural intercourse with many prominent scholars of his time, including [[Kimura Kenkado|Kimura Kenkadô]], [[Minagawa Kien]], [[Sanada Yukitsura]] (lord of [[Matsushiro han]]), and [[Oseki Masunari|Ôseki Masunari]] (lord of [[Kurohane han]]). In [[1779]], he opened a [[han school|''han'' school]] called the Ishinkan, and the following year established libraries known as Gakusaidô in Hirado, and Kan'onsai in Edo. He then also established a the Kenkisai in [[1784]], an office for the compilation of histories; the ''[[Matsuura kaseiden]]'' was compiled there.
Seizan was also active in martial arts and military matters. He practiced [[Shingyoto Ryu|Shingyôtô-ryû]] swordsmanship, and strengthened domain military preparedness & maritime defenses.
As ''daimyô'', Seizan was obliged to travel between his domain, in [[Kyushu]], and [[Edo]], every other year; his 200-volume ''Kasshi yawa'' ("Evening Stories of the ''Kinoe'' Year")<ref>''Kinoe'' is the first of the sixty combinations in the [[sexegenary cycle]]; the day on which he began the diary was such a day in the cycle.</ref>, written from [[1821]]/11 until his death in [[1841]], reveals his great interest in spectacles and special events. He is known to have attended ''[[machi-iri Noh]]'' on at least one occasion (likely somewhat often),<ref>Anne Walthall, "Hiding the shoguns: Secrecy and the nature of political authority in Tokugawa Japan," in Bernard Scheid and Mark Teeuwen (eds.) ''The Culture of Secrecy in Japanese Religion'', Routledge (2006), 354n36.</ref> and to have purchased [[printing and publishing|woodblock prints]] depicting the [[Ryukyuan embassy to Edo]] of [[1790]]. He describes the street processions of the [[1832]] mission in some detail, in a section of the ''Kasshi yawa'' known as ''Hoshin ryûheiki''<!--保辰琉聘記-->.<ref>Ronald Toby, "Carnival of the Aliens: Korean Embassies in Edo-Period Art and Popular Culture," ''Monumenta Nipponica'' 41:4 (1986), 416, 422-423.</ref>
He retired in [[1806]], and entered the tutelage of his friend [[Hayashi Jussai]], head of the [[Hayashi clan]] of [[Neo-Confucianism|Confucian]] scholars. Following his death in 1841 at the age of 82, he was buried at [[Tensho-ji|Tenshô-ji]]<!--本所天祥寺--> in the Honjo neighborhood of Edo.
{{stub}}
==References==
*"[https://kotobank.jp/word/%E6%9D%BE%E6%B5%A6%E9%9D%99%E5%B1%B1-16635 Matsuura Seizan]," ''Bijitsu jinmei jiten'', Shibunkaku.
*"[https://kotobank.jp/word/%E6%9D%BE%E6%B5%A6%E9%9D%99%E5%B1%B1-16635 Matsuura Seizan]," ''Asahi Nihon rekishi jinbutsu jiten'', Asahi Shimbunsha.
*"[https://kotobank.jp/word/%E6%9D%BE%E6%B5%A6%E9%9D%99%E5%B1%B1-16635 Matsuura Seizan]," ''Sekai daihyakka jiten'', Hitachi Solutions, 2013.
*"[https://kotobank.jp/word/%E6%9D%BE%E6%B5%A6%E9%9D%99%E5%B1%B1-16635 Matsuura Seizan]," ''Britannica kokusai daihyakka jiten'', Britannica Japan, 2014.
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[[Category:Samurai]]
[[Category:Edo Period]]