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[[File:Shokusanjin.jpg|right|thumb|320px|Monument to Shokusanjin at [[Kan'ei-ji]], Ueno, Tokyo]]
*''Born: [[1749]]''
*''Died: [[1823]]''
*''Other Names'': 蜀山人 ''(Shokusanjin)'', 直次郎 ''(Naojirô)'', 四方赤良 ''(Yomono Akara)''
*''Japanese'': 大田南畝 ''(Oota Nanpo)''
Ôta Nanpo was an [[Edo period]] [[literati|literatus]], a ''[[kangaku]]'' and ''[[kokugaku]]'' scholar, ''[[kyoka|kyôka]]'' poet, and shogunal retainer. Along with [[Karagoromo Kisshu|Karagoromo Kisshû]] and [[Akera Kanko|Akera Kankô]], he was considered one of the Three Great Masters of ''[[tanka]]'' poetry of his time.
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==References==
*Plaque on-site at Kan'ei-ji.
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[[Category:Samurai]]
[[Category:Scholars and Philosophers]]