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Amenomori Hôshû was a prominent [[Neo-Confucianism|Confucian]] advisor to the lords of [[Tsushima han]].

Amenomori Hôshû was a prominent [[Neo-Confucianism|Confucian]] advisor to the lords of [[Tsushima han]].

He studied under [[Kinoshita Jun'an]] before entering the service of Tsushima. At the age of 22, he was recommended by Jun'an to enter the service of that domain, and took up a position at the [[Tsushima Edo mansion|Tsushima mansion in Edo]]. Three years later, he was sent by the domain to [[Nagasaki]], where he was to study [[Chinese language|Chinese]]. Hôshû also later traveled to [[Pusan]] numerous times, where he studied [[Korean language|Korean]].<ref name=okayama>''Chôsen tsûshinshi to Okayama'', Okayama Prefectural Museum (2007), 58.</ref>

He studied under [[Kinoshita Jun'an]] before entering the service of Tsushima. At the age of 22, he was recommended by Jun'an to enter the service of that domain, and took up a position at the [[Tsushima Edo mansion|Tsushima mansion in Edo]]. Three years later, he was sent by the domain to [[Nagasaki]], where he was to study [[Chinese language|Chinese]]. Hôshû also later traveled to [[Pusan]] numerous times, where he studied [[Korean language|Korean]].<ref name=okayama>''Chôsen tsûshinshi to Okayama'', Okayama Prefectural Museum (2007), 58.</ref> One such sojourn in Korea took place in [[1712]], following the death of [[Shogun]] [[Tokugawa Ienobu]]. The Korean court dispatched a formal embassy expressing condolences, and Amenomori then spent ten days in Pusan as head of a mission formally expressing gratitude for those condolences; while there, he compiled a volume of notes and thoughts on the character of Korean culture, and its fundamental differences from that of Tokugawa Japan.<ref>''Tomonotsu Nakamura ke monjo mokuroku VII'', Fukuyama: Tomonoura rekishi minzoku shiryôkan (2012), 62.</ref>

In the early years of the 18th century, shogunal advisor [[Arai Hakuseki]], a fellow student of Jun'an, sought to revise much of the protocols and practices used in diplomatic exchanges with Korea. These included abandoning the term ''[[taikun]]'' ("Great Prince") to refer to the shogun, and the adoption instead of ''Nihon kokuô'' ("King of Japan"), a term explicitly rejected by [[Hayashi Razan]] in [[1635]]. Amenomori opposed these changes, but was unsuccessful.<ref name=carnival>Ronald Toby, "Carnival of the Aliens," ''Monumenta Nipponica'' 41:4 (1986), 435-436.</ref>

In the early years of the 18th century, shogunal advisor [[Arai Hakuseki]], a fellow student of Jun'an, sought to revise much of the protocols and practices used in diplomatic exchanges with Korea. These included abandoning the term ''[[taikun]]'' ("Great Prince") to refer to the shogun, and the adoption instead of ''Nihon kokuô'' ("King of Japan"), a term explicitly rejected by [[Hayashi Razan]] in [[1635]]. Amenomori opposed these changes, but was unsuccessful.<ref name=carnival>Ronald Toby, "Carnival of the Aliens," ''Monumenta Nipponica'' 41:4 (1986), 435-436.</ref>