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Niwa Chozan | |
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丹羽 樗山 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | May 18, 1659 |
| Died | May 23, 1741 (aged 82) Japan |
Niwa Jūrōemon Tadaaki (Japanese: 丹羽 十郎右衛門 忠明; 1659–1741), better known by the nom-de-plume Niwa Chozan (丹羽 樗山) or Issai Chozan (佚斎 樗山), was a Japanese samurai retainer of the Sekiyado Domain and gesaku author.[1]
Biography
[edit]Niwa was a student of the writings of Wang Yangming and Kumazawa Banzan.[2] Alongside Masuho Zankō, Niwa is credited as one of the originators of the dangibon genre.[3]
In 1727, Niwa published the Inaka Sōji, a collection of essays and short stories. The best known of these stories is Neko no Myōjutsu (The Cat's Eerie Skill) — an allegory on mushin and the maintenance of a tranquil state of mind in the face of danger, known as mokkei (木鶏). Obscure until the 19th century, Neko no Myōjutsu was promoted by Yamaoka Tesshū as reading material for students of kendō and is today most often associated with practitioners of his school, Ittō Shōden Mutō-ryū.
Niwa died in 1741.
Further reading
[edit]- Skoss, Diane, ed. (2002). Keiko Shokon – Classical Warrior Traditions of Japan, Volume 3 (1st ed.). United States: Koryu Books. ISBN 978-1890536060.
References
[edit]- ↑ "佚斎 樗山 Issai Chozan". デジタル版 日本人名大辞典+Plus (in Japanese). 講談社 Kōdansha.
- ↑ 佚斎 Issai, 樗山 Chozan (2014). 石井 Ishii, 邦夫 Kunio (ed.). 天狗芸術論・猫の妙術 全訳注. Japan: 講談社 Kōdansha. ISBN 978-4062922180.
- ↑ 岡本 Okamoto, 勝 Masaru; 雲英 Kira, 末雄 Sueo (2006). 新版近世文学研究事典. Japan: おうふう Ōfu. pp. 140–141.
