page_title: Satō Issai
hierarchical_section_title: Satō Issai
context_page_description: Satō Issai was a famous Confucian scholar during the late Edo period from Iwamura-han, Mino No Kuni. Adopted by the Hayashi clan of scholars, his teachings or stints as adviser had a deep impact on many figures of the last days of the shogunate such as the reformers Tsugaru Yukitsugu, Sakuma Shōzan, the painter Watanabe Kazan, Yokoi Shōnan, and Nakamura Masanao.
context_section_description: Satō Issai (佐藤 一斎, 14 November 1772 – 19 October 1859) was a famous Confucian scholar during the late Edo period from Iwamura-han, Mino No Kuni (currently 岩村町 Iwamura-chō in Gifu Prefecture). Adopted by the Hayashi clan of scholars, his teachings or stints as adviser had a deep impact on many figures of the last days of the shogunate such as the reformers Tsugaru Yukitsugu, Sakuma Shōzan, the painter Watanabe Kazan, Yokoi Shōnan, and Nakamura Masanao.
caption: Portrait of Satō Issai at the age of 50, by Watanabe Kazan (1821)
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