Background
Rinsho Sugawara was born in 1712. A descendant of Michizane, he used Kan (a contraction of the name of Sugawara) as his second family name. His father, Soen, was a Shogunate physician.
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Rinsho Sugawara
Edit Profile麟祥 菅原
also known as
Masatomo, Kan
Education
He studied ancient literature under Sorai Ogyu.
Career
Rinsho Sugawara served the lords of Karasuyama and Shimodate (Tochigi Prefecture). The Shogunate gave him a fief of 200 koku a year as his study fund. He later went to Kyoto and studied under Togai Ito. Died of smallpox.
