Satō Issai
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.Legacy
His writings are mainly analects known as the :ja:言志四録|言志四録.
He also named the famous Shōyō-en Garden of the Nikko complex.
