Background
Gakuzan Takase was born in 1668 in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan.
學山 高瀬
Gakuzan Takase was born in 1668 in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan.
He gave up medicine, however, to study the doctrines of Confucianism. Among his works are "Comments on Confucius" and "Comments on Mencius".
Physical Characteristics: Had a good memory and is said to have remembered well what he had read and learnt.