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*''Japanese'': 貝原益軒 ''(Kaibara Ekiken)''

*''Japanese'': 貝原益軒 ''(Kaibara Ekiken)''

Kaibara Ekiken was an [[Edo period]] writer, [[Confucianism|Confucian]] scholar, educator, herbalist and physician.

Kaibara Ekiken was an [[Edo period]] writer, [[Confucianism|Confucian]] scholar, educator, herbalist and physician, attributed with revitalizing or reinventing the genre of travel writing.<ref>Yonemoto, Marcia. ''Mapping Early Modern Japan''. University of California Press, 2003. p69.</ref>

He was the fifth son of [[Kaibara Kansai]]<!--貝原寛斎-->, a samurai in the service of [[Kuroda Mitsuyuki]], lord of [[Fukuoka han]]. Ekiken traveled to [[Kyoto]] to study, and returned to Fukuoka in [[1664]].

He was the fifth son of [[Kaibara Kansai]]<!--貝原寛斎-->, a samurai in the service of [[Kuroda Mitsuyuki]], lord of [[Fukuoka han]]. Ekiken traveled to [[Kyoto]] to study, and returned to Fukuoka in [[1664]].

==References==

==References==

*"[http://kotobank.jp/word/%E8%B2%9D%E5%8E%9F%E7%9B%8A%E8%BB%92 Kaibara Ekiken]." ''Digital-ban Nihon jinmei daijiten'' デジタル版 日本人名大辞典. Kodansha, 2009.

*"[http://kotobank.jp/word/%E8%B2%9D%E5%8E%9F%E7%9B%8A%E8%BB%92 Kaibara Ekiken]." ''Digital-ban Nihon jinmei daijiten'' デジタル版 日本人名大辞典. Kodansha, 2009.

[[Category:Samurai]]

[[Category:Samurai]]

[[Category:Edo Period]]

[[Category:Edo Period]]

[[Category:Scholars and Philosophers]]

[[Category:Scholars and Philosophers]]