Background
Yabu Kozan was born in 1735 in Japan.
藪 孤山
Yabu Kozan was born in 1735 in Japan.
Yabu Kozan studied Chinese classics and poetry under a clan scholarship at an early age and then studied further at Edo (now Tokyo) (1752) and Kyoto.
Yabu Kozan was appointed teacher at Jishukan (clan school) (1761) and then promoted to professor (1763). Among his works are Kozan Bunko (A Collection of Kozan's Works) in two volumes and Kozan Shiko (Kozan's Poems) also in two volumes.