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*''Japanese'': 菊隠 ''(Kikuin)''
Kikuin was a Ryukyuan [[Zen]] monk of the early 17th century.
After studying under Zen master Dôkan<!--洞観--> of the Okinawan [[Engaku-ji (Okinawa)|Engaku-ji]], he took the tonsure and journeyed to Kyoto to practice at the [[Kyoto Five Mountains|five top Zen temples]] of that city. There, he was granted the monastic name Kikuin, by the Zen master [[Kokei Sochin|Kokei Sôchin]].
In [[1611]], Kikuin then traveled to [[Satsuma han]], and entered into the service of the [[Shimazu clan]]. He was named ''sesshô'' and was put in charge of overseeing certain matters relating to [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû]].
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==References==
*Yokoyama Manabu 横山学, ''Ryûkyû koku shisetsu torai no kenkyû'' 琉球国使節渡来の研究, Tokyo: Yoshikawa kôbunkan (1987), 55.
[[Category:Ryukyu]]
[[Category:Religious Figures]]
[[Category:Edo Period]]
Kikuin was a Ryukyuan [[Zen]] monk of the early 17th century.
After studying under Zen master Dôkan<!--洞観--> of the Okinawan [[Engaku-ji (Okinawa)|Engaku-ji]], he took the tonsure and journeyed to Kyoto to practice at the [[Kyoto Five Mountains|five top Zen temples]] of that city. There, he was granted the monastic name Kikuin, by the Zen master [[Kokei Sochin|Kokei Sôchin]].
In [[1611]], Kikuin then traveled to [[Satsuma han]], and entered into the service of the [[Shimazu clan]]. He was named ''sesshô'' and was put in charge of overseeing certain matters relating to [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû]].
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==References==
*Yokoyama Manabu 横山学, ''Ryûkyû koku shisetsu torai no kenkyû'' 琉球国使節渡来の研究, Tokyo: Yoshikawa kôbunkan (1987), 55.
[[Category:Ryukyu]]
[[Category:Religious Figures]]
[[Category:Edo Period]]
