Ando Shoeki
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Andō Shōeki (安藤 昌益? 1703-1762) was a Japanese philosopher of the eighteenth century. He rejected much of the Buddhist and Confucian thinking prevailing in Edo period Japan[1]. He also opposed feudalism in the political system.
[edit] References
- Andō, Shōeki (1992). Animal Court: A Political Fable from Old Japan. Diane Pub Co.
- Andō, Shōeki (1991). Ando Shoeki: Selected Writings. New Holland Publishers.
- Norman, E. Herbert (1949). Ando Shoeki and the Anatomy of Japanese Feudalism. Asiatic Society of Japan.
- Yasunaga, Toshinobu (1992). Ando Shoeki: Social and Ecological Philosopher in Eighteenth-Century Japan. New York: Weatherhill.
[edit] Notes
- ^ Karine Marandjian, Unseen paradise: the image of Holland in the writings of Ando Shoeki, in The Japanese and Europe: Images and Perceptions (2000), edited by Bert Edström.
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