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| Tachibana Nankei was a ''[[Rangaku]]'' scholar and physician, known for his travel writings. | | Tachibana Nankei was a ''[[Rangaku]]'' scholar and physician, known for his travel writings. |
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− | He was born into the [[Miyagawa clan]], a samurai family in [[Ise province]], which took their name from land granted to them by [[Sasaki Kyogoku|Sasaki Kyôgoku]] ([[1306]]-[[1373]]); the family, under [[Miyagawa Yasumoto]], had moved to Ise in the fifth generation before Nankei's time. | + | He was born into the [[Miyagawa clan]], a samurai family based in [[Ise province]], which took their name from land granted to them by [[Sasaki Kyogoku|Sasaki Kyôgoku]] ([[1306]]-[[1373]]); the family, under [[Miyagawa Yasumoto]], had moved to Ise in the fifth generation before Nankei's time. Originally known as Miyagawa Haruakira, Nankei was the fifth and youngest son of Miyagawa Yasunaga<!--宮川保長-->, also known as Kenbee<!--権兵衛-->, a samurai in the service of [[Hisai han]]<!--伊勢国久居藩--> |
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| + | later took the surname of his wife's family, Tachibana, and took on the [[art-name|pseudonym]] Nankei. |
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| Nankei moved to [[Kyoto]] at age 19 to study medicine. After studying under [[Kagawa Shuan|Kagawa Shûan]] and [[Yoshimasu Todo|Yoshimasu Tôdô]] for a time, he remained in Kyoto and took on students of his own. | | Nankei moved to [[Kyoto]] at age 19 to study medicine. After studying under [[Kagawa Shuan|Kagawa Shûan]] and [[Yoshimasu Todo|Yoshimasu Tôdô]] for a time, he remained in Kyoto and took on students of his own. |
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| *"[http://kotobank.jp/word/%E6%A9%98%E5%8D%97%E8%B0%BF Tachibana Nankei]." ''Nihon jinmei daijiten'' 日本人名大辞典. Kodansha, 2009. | | *"[http://kotobank.jp/word/%E6%A9%98%E5%8D%97%E8%B0%BF Tachibana Nankei]." ''Nihon jinmei daijiten'' 日本人名大辞典. Kodansha, 2009. |
| *Bolitho, Harold. "Travelers' Tales: Three 18th Century Travel Journals." ''Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies'' 50:2 (1990). pp485-504. | | *Bolitho, Harold. "Travelers' Tales: Three 18th Century Travel Journals." ''Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies'' 50:2 (1990). pp485-504. |
| + | *Munemasa Isoo 宗政五十緒, “Tachibana Nankei ‘Saiyūki’ to Edo kōki no kikō bungaku” 橘南谿『西遊記』と江戸後期の紀行文学, in Shin-Nihon koten bungaku taikei 新日本古典文学大系, vol. 98, (Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, 1991), 437-459. |
| *Plutschow, Herbert. ''A Reader in Edo Period Travel''. Global Oriental, 2006. pp75-88. | | *Plutschow, Herbert. ''A Reader in Edo Period Travel''. Global Oriental, 2006. pp75-88. |
| *Yonemoto, Marcia. ''Mapping Early Modern Japan''. University of California Press, 2003. pp90-97. | | *Yonemoto, Marcia. ''Mapping Early Modern Japan''. University of California Press, 2003. pp90-97. |