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* ''Born: ??''
 
* ''Born: ??''
 
* ''Died: ??''
 
* ''Died: ??''
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* ''Titles: Lower Daisen (''大山下'')''
 
* ''Japanese: ''薬師恵日'' (Yakushi no Enichi)''
 
* ''Japanese: ''薬師恵日'' (Yakushi no Enichi)''
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Enichi was the deputy of [[Inukami Mitasuki]] on his mission to Sui China.  He studied medicine and returned to Japan in 623.  In 654 he was again chosen as a vice-ambassador to China.
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Yakushi no Enichi (also Kukushi no Yenichi) was the deputy of [[Inukami Mitasuki]] on his mission to Sui China which, according to the [[Nihon Shoki]], departed on the 5th day of the 8th month the 2nd year of Jomei (630).  He was again chosen as a vice-ambassador to China for the mission of 654, which is recorded as having left in the second month of that year.
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==Other names==
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In English sources, Enichi's name has been romanized as 'Yakushi no Enichi' (Wang 2005), as well as 'Kukushi no Yenichi' and 'Kusushi no Ejitsu' (Aston 1896).
    
==References==
 
==References==
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[[Nihon Shoki]]
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* Wang, Zhenping. ''Ambassadors from the Islands of Immortals: China-Japan Relations in the Han-Tang Period'', Association for Asian Studies and University of Hawai'i Press, HI, 2005.
 
* Wang, Zhenping. ''Ambassadors from the Islands of Immortals: China-Japan Relations in the Han-Tang Period'', Association for Asian Studies and University of Hawai'i Press, HI, 2005.
    
[[Category:Asuka Period]][[Category:Nobility]][[Category:Diplomats]]
 
[[Category:Asuka Period]][[Category:Nobility]][[Category:Diplomats]]
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