Yamazaki Yoshishige

In this Japanese name, the surname is Yamazaki.
Yamazaki Yoshishige
山崎 美成
Born1796 (1796)
Shitaya, Edo, Japan
DiedAugust 20, 1856(1856-08-20) (aged 59–60)
Children
  • Ryōnosuke
  • Tetsusaburō
  • Teru
Japanese name
Kanji山崎 美成
Hiraganaやまざき よししげ

Yamazaki Yoshishige (Japanese: 山崎 美成; Japanese pronunciation: [ja.maꜜ.(d)za.kʲi | jo̞.ɕi̥.ɕiꜜ.ɡe̞], 1796 – August 20, 1856), sometimes also Yamazaki Yoshinari or Yamazaki Bisei, was a Japanese scholar, writer, and pharmacist during the late Edo period. He is known for writing popular encyclopedic works, as well as for hosting the Society of Curiosity Lovers, in which Bakin and other intellectuals participated. Yamazaki Yoshishige has been called one of the greatest evidential scholars of his time.

He wrote under the art names Hokuhō (北峰), Kōmondō (好問堂), Taibonkyo (耐煩居), and Sanyōkyo (三養居).


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