Background
Yagi Yoshio was born in 1800 in Shizuoka, Japan.
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Yagi Yoshio
Edit Profile屋宜 吉尾
also known as
Kimbe
Education
Yagi Yoshio studied Chinese classics and Buddhism and then became a pupil of Mikamaro Natsume to study the Japanese classics (1819).
Career
Yagi Yoshio entered the service of Oki-no-Kami, a direct retainer of the Shogunate, and was given the rank of samurai. Among his works are Shin-Kojikiden (New Commentary on Ancient History Book of Kojiki) and Shoku-Nihongi-ko (A Commentary on Shoku-Nihongi-a history book of the Heian Period).
