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*''Japanese'': 喜安蕃元 ''(Kyan/Kian Bangen)''

*''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> and tea master<ref>Uezato Takashi. "The Formation of the Port City of Naha in Ryukyu and the World of Maritime Asia: From the Perspective of a Japanese Network." ''[[Acta Asiatica]]'' 95 (2008). p67.</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.

Though known primarily today by the Chinese-style name "Kyan," he was originally from Sakai in [[Izumi province]] near [[Osaka]]. At the age of 35, Kyan traveled to Ryukyu, and entered the service of King Shô Nei. During the 1609 invasion, on account of his Japanese education and background, he led several attempts at negotiation efforts, though all ultimately failed. He remained on the main island of [[Okinawa]] throughout the invasion, and so his diary is most detailed beginning with the [[Shimazu clan|Shimazu]] landing at [[Unten Harbor]] on 1609/3/25.

Though known primarily today by the Chinese-style name "Kyan," he was originally from Sakai in [[Izumi province]] near [[Osaka]]. At the age of 35, Kyan traveled to Ryukyu, and entered the service of King Shô Nei. During the 1609 invasion, on account of his Japanese education and background, he led several attempts at negotiation efforts, though all ultimately failed. He remained on the main island of [[Okinawa]] throughout the invasion, and so his diary is most detailed beginning with the [[Shimazu clan|Shimazu]] landing at [[Unten Harbor]] on 1609/3/25.