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*''Born: [[1675]]''
*''Died: [[1728]]''
Okajima Kanzan was a scholar and teacher of [[Chinese language]] and calligraphy, known for compiling the first Japanese dictionary of vernacular Chinese in [[1716]].
Okajima came from a hereditary family of [[Nagasaki interpreters|Nagasaki-based Chinese-language interpreters]]. He left that vocation to pursue a different life in [[Edo]], and ended up becoming a notable contributor to [[Ogyu Sorai|Ogyû Sorai's]] Chinese-language association. In [[1716]], he compiled the ''Tôwa san'yô'', a dictionary of spoken Chinese.
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==References==
*Rebeckah Clements, "Speaking in Tongues? Daimyo, Zen Monks, and Spoken Chinese in Japan, 1661–1711," ''The Journal of Asian Studies'' Vol. 76, No. 3 (August) 2017: 608.
[[Category:Scholars and Philosophers]]
[[Category:Edo Period]]
*''Died: [[1728]]''
Okajima Kanzan was a scholar and teacher of [[Chinese language]] and calligraphy, known for compiling the first Japanese dictionary of vernacular Chinese in [[1716]].
Okajima came from a hereditary family of [[Nagasaki interpreters|Nagasaki-based Chinese-language interpreters]]. He left that vocation to pursue a different life in [[Edo]], and ended up becoming a notable contributor to [[Ogyu Sorai|Ogyû Sorai's]] Chinese-language association. In [[1716]], he compiled the ''Tôwa san'yô'', a dictionary of spoken Chinese.
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==References==
*Rebeckah Clements, "Speaking in Tongues? Daimyo, Zen Monks, and Spoken Chinese in Japan, 1661–1711," ''The Journal of Asian Studies'' Vol. 76, No. 3 (August) 2017: 608.
[[Category:Scholars and Philosophers]]
[[Category:Edo Period]]
