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Tomari Jochiku was a Buddhist monk and [[Neo-Confucianism|Neo-Confucian]] scholar, known as a Confucian teacher and advisor to King [[Sho Ho|Shô Hô]] and [[Sho Shoken|Shô Shôken]] of the [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom]].<ref>Smits, Gregory. ''Visions of Ryukyu: Identity and Ideology in Early-Modern Thought and Politics''. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1999. p51.</ref>
Tomari Jochiku was a Buddhist monk and [[Neo-Confucianism|Neo-Confucian]] scholar, known as a Confucian teacher and advisor to King [[Sho Ho|Shô Hô]] and [[Sho Shoken|Shô Shôken]] of the [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom]].<ref>Smits, Gregory. ''Visions of Ryukyu: Identity and Ideology in Early-Modern Thought and Politics''. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1999. p51.</ref>
Originally from [[Osumi province|Ôsumi province]], Jochiku studied [[Nichiren Buddhism]] at the [[Honno-ji|Honnô-ji]] in [[Kyoto]] before relocating to [[Kagoshima]], where he studied Neo-Confucianism under [[Bunshi Gensho|Bunshi Genshô]]. Shedding his monastic robes, he became a Confucian advisor and tutor to [[Todo Takatora|Tôdô Takatora]], lord of [[Tsu han]] in [[Ise province]], and following Tôdô's death, entered into the service of the [[Shimazu clan]] of [[Satsuma han]].
Originally from [[Yakushima]], Jochiku studied [[Nichiren Buddhism]] at the Honbutsu-ji at Kuonzan, and then at the [[Honno-ji|Honnô-ji]] in [[Kyoto]] before returning to [[Kagoshima]], where he studied Neo-Confucianism under [[Bunshi Gensho|Bunshi Genshô]], at the Dairyû-ji founded by Bunshi. Shedding his monastic robes, he became a Confucian advisor and tutor to [[Todo Takatora|Tôdô Takatora]], lord of [[Tsu han]] in [[Ise province]], and published a number of texts in [[Edo]], including ''Keian oshô kahô waten'', which promoted [[Keian Genju|Keian Genju's]] Japanese readings for Chinese texts, and epilogues for two commentaries on Chinese classics, also written in Bunshi-ten style Japanese readings.
He died on [[1655]]/5/15 at the age of 86.
Following Tôdô's death in [[1630]], he entered into the service of the [[Shimazu clan]] of [[Satsuma han]], and served the Ryûkyû Court from [[1632]] to [[1634]], during which time he introduced the Bunshi-ten volumes to Ryûkyû, where they remained in use until the [[Meiji period]].
Tomari then returned home to Yakushima, founding the Honbutsu-ji temple, and traveling at least once to [[Osaka]] to give lectures. He returned to Kagoshima at the invitation of [[Shimazu Mitsuhisa]] in [[1640]], but returned to Yakushima again four years later due to illness. Mitsuhisa invited him back to Kagoshima the next year; he died on Yakushima on [[1655]]/5/15 at the age of 86.
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==References==
==References==
*"[https://kotobank.jp/word/%E6%97%A5%E7%AB%A0-592274#E3.83.87.E3.82.B8.E3.82.BF.E3.83.AB.E7.89.88.20.E6.97.A5.E6.9C.AC.E4.BA.BA.E5.90.8D.E5.A4.A7.E8.BE.9E.E5.85.B8.2BPlus Nisshô]," ''Nihon jinmei daijiten'', Kodansha 2009.
*"[https://kotobank.jp/word/%E6%97%A5%E7%AB%A0-592274#E3.83.87.E3.82.B8.E3.82.BF.E3.83.AB.E7.89.88.20.E6.97.A5.E6.9C.AC.E4.BA.BA.E5.90.8D.E5.A4.A7.E8.BE.9E.E5.85.B8.2BPlus Nisshô]," ''Nihon jinmei daijiten'', Kodansha 2009.
*Takatsu Takashi, “Ming Jianyang Prints and the Spread of the Teachings of Zhu Xi to Japan and the Ryukyu Kingdom in the Seventeenth Century,” in Angela Schottenhammer (ed.), ''The East Asian Mediterranean: Maritime Crossroads of Culture'', Harrassowitz Verlag (2008), 259.
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