Background
Taki Kakudai was born in 1709 in Nagato, Yamaguchi, Japan. He was adopted at an early age by Yosei Taki, a physician belonging to the Hagi Clan (Yamaguchi Prefecture).
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Kakudai Taki
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Education
He studied Confucian philosophy under Shu-han Yamagata and later in Tokyo he continued his studies under Nankaku Hattori.
Career
Taki's reputation as a brilliant scholar and a doctor soon spread and the Lord of Hagi made him his retainer and appointed him head of the Meirinkan (clan school), where the sons of nobles received their education.
