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[[File:Kamedabosai.jpg|right|thumb|320px|The grave of Kameda Bôsai at Shôfuku-ji in Asakusa, Tokyo]]
*''Born: [[1752]]''
*''Died: [[1826]]''
*''Other Names'': 翼 ''(Yoku)'', 長興 ''(Choukou)'', 穉龍 ''(Chiryuu)'', 文左衛門 ''(Bunzaemon)'', 善身堂 ''(Zenshindou)''
*''Japanese'': 亀田鵬斎 ''(Kameda Bousai)''

Kameda Bôsai was a prominent calligrapher and Confucian scholar of the late [[Edo period]].

He was born in the Kanda neighborhood of [[Edo]] in [[1752]], and went through a number of names before becoming most known by the pseudonym Bôsai. He studied under the scholar [[Inoue Kinga]], and along with [[Yamamoto Hokuzan]], Bôsai criticized [[Ogyu Sorai|Ogyû Sorai's]] ''kobunjigaku'' (studies of the classics, including analysis of the meanings of ancient words) for its opposition to [[Neo-Confucianism]]. This came at a time when, as part of the [[Kansei Reforms]], [[Matsudaira Sadanobu]] had tried to suppress all forms of Confucian doctrine other than orthodox [[Zhu Xi]] Neo-Confucianism.

As a calligraphy master, Bôsai is considered to have been one of the best in grass-script (cursive) in the entire Edo period.

His works include ''Rongo sakkai'' ("Precise Commentaries on the [[Analects]]") and ''Zenshindô shishô'' ("Collected Poems of Zenshindô").

Bôsai died in [[1826]], at the age of 75. He is buried at Shôfuku-ji in Asakusa, Tokyo.

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