Yōmeigaku (Japanese Wang Yangming school)
A tradition no longer extant within Japanese Confucianism. The disagreements in the sources are shown rather than settled.
Yōmeigaku (Japanese Wang Yangming school) is recorded within Japanese Confucianism and is no longer extant. Also written 陽明学.
Origin
Founders named in the sources: Nakae Tōju (1608–1648), Kumazawa Banzan (1619–1691). No founding year is given below, because the sources read do not agree on one and a date has not been chosen for them. No founding date in my sources. The Japanese transmission of Wang Yangming's Learning of Heart-mind; the Stanford Encyclopedia names Nakae Tōju (1608–1648) and Kumazawa Banzan (1619–1691).
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Citation
English
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John Shaqi. “Yōmeigaku (Japanese Wang Yangming school).” English version. 11 August 2026. https://johnshaqi.com/articles/sect-yomeigaku-japanese-wang-yangming-school.
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