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| *''Japanese'': 貝原益軒 ''(Kaibara Ekiken)'' | | *''Japanese'': 貝原益軒 ''(Kaibara Ekiken)'' |
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− | Kaibara Ekiken was an [[Edo period]] writer, [[Confucianism|Confucian]] scholar, educator, herbalist and physician. | + | Kaibara Ekiken was an [[Edo period]] writer, [[Confucianism|Confucian]] scholar, educator, herbalist and physician, attributed with revitalizing or reinventing the genre of travel writing.<ref>Yonemoto, Marcia. ''Mapping Early Modern Japan''. University of California Press, 2003. p69.</ref> |
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| He was the fifth son of [[Kaibara Kansai]]<!--貝原寛斎-->, a samurai in the service of [[Kuroda Mitsuyuki]], lord of [[Fukuoka han]]. Ekiken traveled to [[Kyoto]] to study, and returned to Fukuoka in [[1664]]. | | He was the fifth son of [[Kaibara Kansai]]<!--貝原寛斎-->, a samurai in the service of [[Kuroda Mitsuyuki]], lord of [[Fukuoka han]]. Ekiken traveled to [[Kyoto]] to study, and returned to Fukuoka in [[1664]]. |
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− | Ekiken was originally a student of [[Wang Yangming]]'s brand of neo-Confucianism, but turned to following the teachings of [[Zhu Xi]] years later; late in his life, he had questions and doubts about Zhu Xi's teachings, and compiled these into a text titled ''Taigiroku'' (大疑録, lit. "Great Doubts Record"). | + | In [[1709]], he compiled ''[[Yamato Honzo|Yamato Honzô]]'', a sixteen-volume text listing and describing Japanese medical herbs and other plants.<ref>Plutschow, Herbert. ''A Reader in Edo Period Travel''. Kent: Global Oriental, 2006. p12. </ref> |
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| + | Ekiken was originally a student of [[Wang Yangming]]'s brand of neo-Confucianism, but turned to following the teachings of [[Zhu Xi]] years later; late in his life, he had questions and doubts about Zhu Xi's teachings, and compiled these into a text titled ''Taigiroku'' (大疑録, lit. "Great Doubts Record"). He is often also credited with writing the ''[[Onna daigaku]]'' (女大学, "Greater Learning for Women"), a volume on morals and proper behavior for women.<ref>[[Albert M. Craig]], ''The Heritage of Japanese Civilization'', Second Edition, Prentice Hall (2011), 74-75.</ref> |
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| ==References== | | ==References== |
| *"[http://kotobank.jp/word/%E8%B2%9D%E5%8E%9F%E7%9B%8A%E8%BB%92 Kaibara Ekiken]." ''Digital-ban Nihon jinmei daijiten'' デジタル版 日本人名大辞典. Kodansha, 2009. | | *"[http://kotobank.jp/word/%E8%B2%9D%E5%8E%9F%E7%9B%8A%E8%BB%92 Kaibara Ekiken]." ''Digital-ban Nihon jinmei daijiten'' デジタル版 日本人名大辞典. Kodansha, 2009. |
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| [[Category:Samurai]] | | [[Category:Samurai]] |
| [[Category:Edo Period]] | | [[Category:Edo Period]] |
| [[Category:Scholars and Philosophers]] | | [[Category:Scholars and Philosophers]] |