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*''Other Names'': 虔孺 ''(Kenju)''
*''Japanese'': 箕作阮甫 ''(Mitsukuri Genpo)''
Mitsukuri Genpo was a court physician in service to [[Tsuyama han]]. He is known for his prominent involvement in Western Studies (''[[yogaku|yôgaku]]'') circles and institutions in the 1850s.
In [[1850]], he founded a group known as the ''[[Oshushikai|Ôshûshikai]]'' (lit. "Association for the History of the European States"), at which he gave lectures and led discussions. In [[1855]], the [[Tokugawa shogunate]] named him to a post at the shogunate's official ''[[Yogakusho|Yôgakusho]]'' (Western Studies Institute).
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==References==
*Ishin Shiryô Kôyô 維新史料綱要, vol 1 (1937), 291.
*Ishin Shiryô Kôyô 維新史料綱要, vol 2 (1937), 102.
[[Category:Scholars and Philosophers]]
[[Category:Bakumatsu]]