was a Japanese

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scholar, historian, and poet. His real name was Kaoru (馨). His pen name was Chikudō (竹堂) or Bōyōshi (茫洋子).

Life

Chikudō was born in Mutsukoku-Tōdagun-Numabemura (now Tajiri in Tōda District,

Miyagi prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Tōhoku region of Honshu. Miyagi Prefecture has a population of 2,305,596 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of . Miyagi Prefecture borders Iwate Prefecture to the north, Akita Prefecture to the nort ...

). He studied under Ōtsuki Heisen and Masujima Ran-en. Chikudō entered

Yushima Seidō , is a Confucian temple () in Yushima, Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan. It was established in end of the 17th century during the Genroku era of the Edo period. Towards the late Edo period, one of the most important educational institutions of the sho ...

where he studied and taught Chinese poetry, and served as the house master in Yushima Seidō. He associated with the celebrities in those days. For example, Ōtsuki Bankei, Hagura Kandō, Saitō Totsudō and Shinozaki Shōchiku. Rai Mikisaburō was Chikudō's junior in Yushima Seidō and a friend of his.

Works

Chikudō wrote most poems and prose in

Classical Chinese Classical Chinese, also known as Literary Chinese (古文 ''gǔwén'' "ancient text", or 文言 ''wényán'' "text speak", meaning "literary language/speech"; modern vernacular: 文言文 ''wényánwén'' "text speak text", meaning "literar ...

. His Chinese sentences did not have ambiguity. His interests were very wide. He knew the history of Western countries and was using

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, the history of

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and

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as poem themes.

Bibliography

* - Biography of

Date Masamune was a regional ruler of Japan's Azuchi–Momoyama period through early Edo period. Heir to a long line of powerful ''daimyō'' in the Tōhoku region, he went on to found the modern-day city of Sendai. An outstanding tactician, he was made all ...

* - Biography of Date Aki(伊達安芸),Lord of Wakuya Domain * - History of

Tōhoku region The , Northeast region, or consists of the northeastern portion of Honshu, the largest island of Japan. This traditional region consists of six prefectures (''ken''): Akita, Aomori, Fukushima, Iwate, Miyagi, and Yamagata. Tōhoku retains a ...

* - Analysis of Japanese historic persons * * - Report of

First Opium War The First Opium War (), also known as the Opium War or the Anglo-Sino War was a series of military engagements fought between Britain and the Qing dynasty of China between 1839 and 1842. The immediate issue was the Chinese enforcement of the ...

* - History of Western countries

References

* "頼山陽とその時代" ( Rai San'yo and his era) : Nakamura Shinichirō（中村真一郎） published in 1976 * "涌谷町史"(Wakuya-Chōshi) : History of Wakuya town {{DEFAULTSORT:Saito, Chikudo 1815 births 1852 deaths Historians of Japan Japanese writers of the Edo period Japanese Confucianists 19th-century Japanese poets 19th-century Japanese historians