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The school's beginnings are traced to [[1478]], when lord of [[Satsuma province|Satsuma]] [[Shimazu Tadamasa]] invited the Japanese scholar [[Keian Genju]] to teach [[Zhu Xi]]-style Neo-Confucianism in Satsuma.<ref>Gallery labels, [[Shokoshuseikan|Shôkoshûseikan]], Kagoshima, Sept 2014.</ref> Active in Satsuma, [[Osumi province|Ôsumi]], and [[Hyuga province|Hyûga provinces]], the heads of the Satsunan school, all of them trained in [[Rinzai]] [[Zen]] at the [[Tofuku-ji|Tôfuku-ji]] in Kyoto, not only served as teachers of Neo-Confucianism and writers of Neo-Confucian texts, but many also played key roles in the drafting of diplomatic documents for Japanese trade relations with [[Ming Dynasty]] China. Keian's student [[Gessho Gentoku]], Gessho's student [[Ichio Genshin|Ichiô Genshin]], and Ichiô's student [[Nanpo Bunshi]], are known as the most prominent proponents of the school, alongside Keian Genju himself. Most were active at one time or another at the Ankoku-ji in Obi, Hyûga province (with some serving as head of the temple), and/or at Ryûgen-ji in Fukushima (Hyûga).

The school's beginnings are traced to [[1478]], when lord of [[Satsuma province|Satsuma]] [[Shimazu Tadamasa]] invited the Japanese scholar [[Keian Genju]] to teach [[Zhu Xi]]-style Neo-Confucianism in Satsuma.<ref>Gallery labels, [[Shokoshuseikan|Shôkoshûseikan]], Kagoshima, Sept 2014.</ref> Active in Satsuma, [[Osumi province|Ôsumi]], and [[Hyuga province|Hyûga provinces]], the heads of the Satsunan school, all of them trained in [[Rinzai]] [[Zen]] at the [[Tofuku-ji|Tôfuku-ji]] in Kyoto, not only served as teachers of Neo-Confucianism and writers of Neo-Confucian texts, but many also played key roles in the drafting of diplomatic documents for Japanese trade relations with [[Ming Dynasty]] China. Keian's student [[Gessho Gentoku]], Gessho's student [[Ichio Genshin|Ichiô Genshin]], and Ichiô's student [[Nanpo Bunshi]], are known as the most prominent proponents of the school, alongside Keian Genju himself. Most were active at one time or another at the Ankoku-ji in Obi, Hyûga province (with some serving as head of the temple), and/or at Ryûgen-ji in Fukushima (Hyûga).

Their contributions to the broader development of Neo-Confucian and Classical Chinese learning in Japan include the publication of the teachings of [[Zhu Xi]] in ''[[kakikudashi]]'' formats in [[1481]] and [[1492]], and the spread of the reading methods and transcribed texts of Giyô Hôshû, which made the [[Chinese classics]] more widely accessible. This was a significant shift after the hereditary families of the ''[[myokyo|myôkyô]]'' Court post jealously guarded secret readings; the introduction of a system of notation known as Keian-ten or Bunshi-ten was accomplished through publications by Nanpo Bunshi's student [[Tomari Jochiku]].

Their contributions to the broader development of Neo-Confucian and Classical Chinese learning in Japan include the publication of the teachings of [[Zhu Xi]] in ''[[kanbun|kakikudashi]]'' formats in [[1481]] and [[1492]], and the spread of the reading methods and transcribed texts of Giyô Hôshû, which made the [[Chinese classics]] more widely accessible. This was a significant shift after the hereditary families of the ''[[myokyo|myôkyô]]'' Court post jealously guarded secret readings; the introduction of a system of notation known as Keian-ten or Bunshi-ten was accomplished through publications by Nanpo Bunshi's student [[Tomari Jochiku]].

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