Yōmeigaku is the Japanese term for a school of Neo-Confucianism associated with its founder, the Chinese philosopher Wang Yangming, characterised by introspection and activism, and which exercised a profound influence on Japanese revisions of Confucian political and moral theory in Japan during the Edo period.
jˌoʊmɪɡˈɑːkuː ɪz ðə dʒˌæpənˈiːz tˈɜːm fɚɹə skˈuːl ʌv nˈiːoʊkənfjˈuːʃiənˌɪzəm ɐsˈoʊsɪˌeɪɾᵻd wɪð ɪts fˈaʊndɚ, ðə tʃaɪnˈiːz fɪlˈɑːsəfɚ wˈæŋɡ jˈɑːŋəmɪŋ, kˈæɹɪktɚɹˌaɪzd baɪ ˌɪntɹəspˈɛkʃən ænd ˈæktɪvˌɪzəm, ænd wˌɪtʃ ˈɛksɚsˌaɪzd ɐ pɹəfˈaʊnd ˈɪnfluːəns ˌɔn dʒˌæpənˈiːz ɹᵻvˈɪʒənz ʌv kənfjˈuːʃiən pəlˈɪɾɪkəl ænd mˈɔːɹəl θˈiəɹi ɪn dʒəpˈæn dˈʊɹɹɪŋ ðɪ ˈiːdoʊ pˈiəɹɪəd.