Ōhara Yūgaku

Ōhara Yūgaku (大原幽学, April 13, 1797 – April 21, 1858) was a 19th-century Japanese agronomist, philosopher, moralist and economist. Contemporary with the more famous Ninomiya Sontoku, he combined three strands of traditional teachings — Buddhism, Shintōism and Confucianism into practical ethical principles which he applied to form an agricultural cooperative in 1838.

Ōhara Yūgaku

Ōhara Yūgaku (大原幽学, April 13, 1797 – April 21, 1858) was a 19th-century Japanese agronomist, philosopher, moralist and economist. Contemporary with the more famous Ninomiya Sontoku, he combined three strands of traditional teachings — Buddhism, Shintōism and Confucianism into practical ethical principles which he applied to form an agricultural cooperative in 1838.