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*''Born: [[1679]]''
*''Died: [[1750]]''
Kuraoka Bunjirô was a Chinese-speaker who played a notable role in [[Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu|Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu's]] Chinese-language salon.
Kuraoka's origins are somewhat unclear; it has been suggested that he was either the son of a [[Nagasaki]]-based Japanese family of hereditary [[Nagasaki interpreters|Chinese-language interpreters]], or the illegitimate son of a Nagasaki-based Chinese merchant. He arrived in [[Edo]] from Nagasaki in [[1698]], and eventually attracted the attention of [[Ogyu Sorai|Ogyû Sorai]], who provided him with a position within the Yanagisawa household.
Kuraoka is said to have spoken Chinese quite well, and gave lectures on the [[Confucian classics]] on at least a few known occasions, when the shogun made a formal ''[[onari]]'' visit to Yanagisawa's mansion. These lectures included discussions of the [[Great Learning]] (''Daxue'') and of the [[Doctrine of the Mean]] (''Zhongyong'').
The calligraphic inscription on Sorai's tombstone is said to be in Kuraoka's hand.
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==References==
*Rebeckah Clements, "Speaking in Tongues? Daimyo, Zen Monks, and Spoken Chinese in Japan, 1661–1711," ''The Journal of Asian Studies'' Vol. 76, No. 3 (August) 2017: 608.
[[Category:Scholars and Philosophers]]
[[Category:Edo Period]]
*''Died: [[1750]]''
Kuraoka Bunjirô was a Chinese-speaker who played a notable role in [[Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu|Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu's]] Chinese-language salon.
Kuraoka's origins are somewhat unclear; it has been suggested that he was either the son of a [[Nagasaki]]-based Japanese family of hereditary [[Nagasaki interpreters|Chinese-language interpreters]], or the illegitimate son of a Nagasaki-based Chinese merchant. He arrived in [[Edo]] from Nagasaki in [[1698]], and eventually attracted the attention of [[Ogyu Sorai|Ogyû Sorai]], who provided him with a position within the Yanagisawa household.
Kuraoka is said to have spoken Chinese quite well, and gave lectures on the [[Confucian classics]] on at least a few known occasions, when the shogun made a formal ''[[onari]]'' visit to Yanagisawa's mansion. These lectures included discussions of the [[Great Learning]] (''Daxue'') and of the [[Doctrine of the Mean]] (''Zhongyong'').
The calligraphic inscription on Sorai's tombstone is said to be in Kuraoka's hand.
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==References==
*Rebeckah Clements, "Speaking in Tongues? Daimyo, Zen Monks, and Spoken Chinese in Japan, 1661–1711," ''The Journal of Asian Studies'' Vol. 76, No. 3 (August) 2017: 608.
[[Category:Scholars and Philosophers]]
[[Category:Edo Period]]