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*''Japanese'': 菊隠 ''(Kikuin)''

*''Japanese'': 菊隠 ''(Kikuin)''

After studying under Zen master Dôkan<!--洞観--> of the Okinawan [[Engaku-ji (Okinawa)|Engaku-ji]], he took the tonsure and journeyed to Kyoto to practice at the [[Kyoto Five Mountains|five top Zen temples]] of that city. There, he was granted the monastic name Kikuin, by the Zen master [[Kokei Sochin|Kokei Sôchin]].

After studying under Zen master Dôkan<!--洞観--> of the Okinawan [[Engaku-ji (Okinawa)|Engaku-ji]], he took the tonsure and journeyed to Kyoto to practice at the [[Kyoto Five Mountains|five top Zen temples]] of that city. There, he was granted the monastic name Kikuin, by the Zen master [[Kokei Sochin|Kokei Sôchin]].

In [[1611]], Kikuin then traveled to [[Satsuma han]], and entered into the service of the [[Shimazu clan]]. He was named ''sesshô'' and was put in charge of overseeing certain matters relating to [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû]].

During the [[1609]] [[Shimazu clan]] [[invasion of Ryukyu|invasion of Ryûkyû]], King [[Sho Nei|Shô Nei]] called upon Kikuin to serve as lead negotiator in the hopes of achieving an end to the invasion. In [[1611]], Kikuin then traveled to [[Satsuma han]], and entered into the service of the [[Shimazu clan]]. He was named ''sesshô'' and was put in charge of overseeing certain matters relating to [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû]]. At some point, he re-entered the service of King Shô Nei and served as ''[[kokuso|kokusô]]'' (roughly, "prime minister") until [[1616]].

 

Kikuin died in [[1620]].

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==References==

==References==

*Yokoyama Manabu 横山学, ''Ryûkyû koku shisetsu torai no kenkyû'' 琉球国使節渡来の研究, Tokyo: Yoshikawa kôbunkan (1987), 55.

*Yokoyama Manabu 横山学, ''Ryûkyû koku shisetsu torai no kenkyû'' 琉球国使節渡来の研究, Tokyo: Yoshikawa kôbunkan (1987), 55.

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