官許 首書・画入六諭衍義付録 下之巻 / Government Approved Rikuyuengi Supplementary with Annotations and Illustrations, Vol. 3

Rikuyuengi (six courses about ethical doctrines) is an educational book that explains the “six moral teachings: “kōjunfubo” (practice filial piety, Chinese parental respect), “songyōchōjyō” (respect the elders), “wabokukyōri” (make peace with contiguous communities), “kyōkunshison” (discipline descendants), “kakuanseiri” (live in peace and be content with ongoing occupation), “musakuhii” (keep away from misbehavior). For promulgating these teachings as national indoctrination, Emperor Hongwu of the Ming dynasty made Rikuyuengi written in common people’s term to spread these teachings. It was woodblock printed in 1708 by Tei Junsoku (1663~1734) at the Ryukyukan (the Ryukyuan base of operations in Fuzhou) who brought it back to Ryukyu. It passed on to the Tokugawa Shogunate via the Satsuma Domain latterly. OGYŪ Sorai’s Rikuyuengi (a kuntenbon book with punctuation marks for reading Chinese) and MURO Kyūsō’s Kankoku Rikuyuengi-tai’i (Japanese translated version) were printed and used as textbooks to educate the common people. This book was printed by KATSUTA Tomosato that was proofread by his son, KATSUTA Tomoyuki, and grandson, KATSUTA Tomoyuki. Volume one contains Rikuyuengi-tai’i, Titles such as “Nōfushōsuke,” “Butsusakichi,” “Shirabyōshi Shizuka (sundaizatsuwa),” “Basokumagobē (dō),” and “Kojikihachibē (dōjō)” are listed in its table of contents.