Yoshikawa Koretaru (1616–94) and Yamazaki Ansai (1619–82) were two representative scholars of Confucian Shintō. They added neo-Confucian interpretations to the traditional theories handed down from Watarai Shintō, and each established a new school. The taiji (Supreme Ultimate) concept of neo-Confucianism was regarded as identical with…
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