Oka Rokumon

Oka Rokumon (岡 鹿門, 12 December 1833 – 18 February 1914) was a Japanese sinologist (kangakusha) of the late Edo and Meiji periods.

[1] While he was still young he moved to Edo[1] and studied at the Shōhei-kō [ja], an educational institute under the auspices of the shogunate.

[1] In late 1861, he travelled to Kinki,[1] and while there, to help Keidō (who was not receiving a government salary),[1] planned with Hanzan to establish a school in Osaka.

[1] He was at this time ordered by his superiors in Sendai to perform reconnaissance work in Kyoto (the seat of the emperor and a hotbed of restorationist rebels).

[1] During the Boshin War, he opposed the union of the domains of Mutsu and Dewa provinces, drawing the ire of the government, and was imprisoned.