Ishikawa Masamochi

Ishikawa Masamochi (石川 雅望, 1754–1830) was a Japanese kokugaku scholar, kyōka poet and writer of yomihon of the late Edo period.

[1] He was the eighth child of the Kodenma-chō [ja], Edo innkeeper Nukaya Shichihē, better known as the ukiyo-e master Ishikawa Toyonobu.

[1] He used numerous art names, including Rokujuen (六樹園),[1] Gorō Sannin (五老山人),[1] Gyakuryo Shujin (逆旅主人)[1] and Gajutsusai (蛾術斎).

[1] As a kokugaku scholar, his main research interest was The Tale of Genji,[1] on which he regularly lectured.

[1] These lectures formed the basis of his commentary, Genchū Yoteki,[1] and his gago (雅語, "elegant language") dictionary Gagen Shūran (雅言集覧).