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*''Died: [[1653]]''
*''Died: [[1653]]''
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*''Japanese'': 喜安 ''(Kyan/Kian)''
*''Japanese'': 喜安蕃元 ''(Kyan/Kian Bangen)''
Kyan was a Buddhist monk<ref>"Kian." ''Okinawa konpakuto jiten'' (沖縄コンパクト事典, "Okinawa Compact Encylclopedia"). [http://ryukyushimpo.jp/news/storyid-41021-storytopic-121.html Ryukyu Shimpo].1 March 2003. Accessed 24 November 2009.</ref>, advisor to King [[Sho Nei|Shô Nei]] of the [[Kingdom of Ryukyu]], and the author of ''[[Kyan nikki]]'', one of the only extant primary source documents relating the events of the [[1609]] [[invasion of Ryukyu|invasion of Ryûkyû]] from the Ryukyuan side of the conflict.
Kyan was a Buddhist monk<ref>"Kian." ''Okinawa konpakuto jiten'' (沖縄コンパクト事典, "Okinawa Compact Encylclopedia"). [http://ryukyushimpo.jp/news/storyid-41021-storytopic-121.html Ryukyu Shimpo].1 March 2003. Accessed 24 November 2009.</ref>, advisor to King [[Sho Nei|Shô Nei]] of the [[Kingdom of Ryukyu]], and the author of ''[[Kyan nikki]]'', one of the only extant primary source documents relating the events of the [[1609]] [[invasion of Ryukyu|invasion of Ryûkyû]] from the Ryukyuan side of the conflict.