In this paper, I will investigate the thought of learning in the Edo period in which it is thought, from the educational viewpoint, that people learned through activity and independence. Education in this case means supporting people intellectually and emotionally in order to allow them to live a good life. In Analyzing the thought of learning in the Edo period, firstly, I will take some people as example who were receptive to the thought of "the YOmei-Gaku School", which was one of the Cofucian schools founded in the Edo period. Secondly I will inquire into both their views of the world (universe) and views of human beings, in order to determine the basis of how their thoughts of learning were formed. In accordance with my previous research, and in conclusion, I would like to explain some of the more common characteristics of their thoughts of learning. This time I will place half of the content in Part I.