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Kasuga Sen’an (1811-1878 , 春日潜庵) Letters
Seven letters to Chikuin Tsunekawa and one letter to Shinjiro Adachi, combined total of eight letters.
Scroll / Makimono
Accesssary:wood box
A collection of letters by Kasuga Sen’an—a Confucian scholar of the Bakumatsu period who later served as governor of Nara Prefecture. Of the eight letters included, seven are addressed to his disciple, Tsunekawa Chikuin.
[Kasuga Sen'an] 1811-1878. A Confucian scholar of the late Edo and Meiji periods.
Born August 3, 1811 (Bunka 8). He studied Neo-Confucianism under Igimi Nanzan and others, and later converted to Yangmingism. He became a high-ranking official in the Kuga family of court nobles, serving under Kuga Takemichi and others. He associated with the Sonno Joi (Revere the Emperor, Expel the Barbarians) faction led by Yanagawa Seigan, and was sentenced to permanent confinement during the Ansei Purge. In 1868 (Keio 4), he became a staff officer to Kuga Michihisa, the commander-in-chief of the Yamato Pacification Force, and subsequently the governor of Nara Prefecture. He died March 23, 1878 (Meiji 11), at the age of 68. He was from Kyoto. His given name was Nakajo, and his courtesy name was Shizan. His works include "The Essence of Yangmingism" and "Dokueki Sho".
[Tsunekawa Chikuin] 1818–1855. A Confucian scholar of the late Edo period.
Born in the first year of the Bunsei era (1818), he was a retainer of the Ōmizo Domain in Ōmi Province (present-day Shiga Prefecture). He studied under Satō Issai and later became a pupil of Kasuga Sen’an, receiving instruction alongside Kōno Seizan, Kitō Tadazumi, and Okada Shingo. His wife was the younger sister of Kōno Seizan. He passed away on the 22nd day of the second month in the second year of the Ansei era (1855) at the age of 38. His given name was Ken, his courtesy name (azana) was Shiken, and he was commonly known as Yuie.
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