Narushima Ryūhoku
Narushima Ryūhoku (成島柳北, 1837–1884) was a Japanese author and scholar born in Asakusa. His given name was Korehiro (惟弘). The Narushima family were ''okujusha'' (奥儒者), or Confucian tutors to the Tokugawa shogunate, Tokugawa ''shōguns'', who were also involved in editing the ''Tokugawa jikki'' (德川實紀) and other historical annals, including the ''Nochikagami'' (後鑑). Ryuhoku participated in these editing projects as a young man. From tutoring ''shōguns'' to satire He served as tutor to the shoguns Tokugawa Iesada and Tokugawa Iemochi, Iemochi but was, according to some theories, dismissed because he wrote a poem critical of the fact that his recommendations had not been adopted. At that time he took up Western culture, Western studies. During the Keiō period (1866–68) he served in the shogun's cavalry and also briefly as Minister for Foreign Affairs (Japan), Minister of Foreign Affairs. After the Meiji Restoration, he took up a position with the H ...
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