On the Development of Private School, Gaku Juku in Early Edo Period related to China and Korea──Concerning with Seika Fujiwara, Gang Hang, Sekigo Matsunaga, Kyoan Hori, Razan Hayashi, and Gaho Hayashi

摘要

In this paper, education and Gaku Juku of the key persons who dictated the acceptance of Neo-Confucianism in the early Edo period, such as Seika Fujiwara, Sekigo Matsunaga, Kyoan Hori, Razan Hayashi, and Gaho Hayashi, are discussed. Needless to say, it is due to acquired education that wisdom and thoughts are transferred and reproduced and “cultures” are formed. I’d like to consider how they viewed Confucian cultures in China and Korea and how those Confucian cultures were accepted in Japan, especially taking influences from and comparisons between China and Korea. The establishment of Byo-gaku system by Razan Hayashi and development of Gaku Juku organizations and educational rules by Gaho Hayashi are revaluated while the development of their visions of Gaku Juku is traced from the viewpoint of cultural interaction.