Philosopher

Kumazawa Banzan

Overview

Kumazawa Banzan (熊沢 蕃山; 1619 – September 9, 1691) was a Japanese Confucian. He learned Yangmingism from Nakae Tōju and served Ikeda Mitsumasa, the lord of Bizen Province. In his later years, he was imprisoned for writing Daigaku Wakumon, which contained criticism of Tokugawa shogunate politics.

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Philosophers who discussed Kumazawa Banzan

• Wang Yangming
• Nakae Tōju

Ideas Kumazawa Banzan discusses

• Edo period
• Samurai
• Wang Yangming
• Tokugawa shogunate
• Yangmingism
• Hayashi Razan

Place in the tradition

Part of Neo-Confucianism.

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