Tanso Hirose ( Jap. 広 瀬 淡 窓 ; May 22, 1782 - November 28, 1856 ) is a Japanese neo-Confucian scholar , philosopher , teacher, and poet .
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Biography
Born in the 2nd year of Tammey in the district of Hito , Oita Prefecture, in a wealthy merchant family. Received a good education in various fields of knowledge. Since he was the eldest son, he had to inherit his father. However, due to health problems, he transferred his inheritance rights to his younger brother Kyubienu.
In 1801 ( Edo Period ) in , he founded the Academy of Neo-Confucianism - , calling it according to the “Book of Songs” , which translates roughly as “garden / academy for all” . The purpose of training at Kangien was to create an educational program that, by its very nature, would implement social reform in Japan. The proliferation of schools and the tolerable intellectual climate of the late Tokugawa led to a reduction in the difference between orthodox and unorthodox neo-Confucian teachings .
Students were admitted to the academy on the basis of entrance exams, regardless of their status, age or academic experience. At that time it was a rarity, so the academy quickly became famous throughout the country. During the life of Hirose, about 3,000 young Japanese were trained, and before 1871 - more than 4,000 people from all over Japan. Among his graduates were Confucian and Buddhist monks , doctors of traditional Chinese medicine and medicine in Western Europe, politicians and administrators, traders, farmers, and samurai . Among his famous students are Kiyoura Keigo , 23rd Prime Minister of Japan (January 7 - June 11, 1924). Due to illness, having acted as an Eastern sage, he left his business to his brother Kyubiena (久 兵衛, 1790—1871).
In 1837 Tanso Hirose published an anthology of his poems. From 1925 to 1927, a three-volume edition of his works was published under the name “Tanso Zenshu” (淡 窓 全集).