Gan Koki
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- Titles: 喜屋武筑登之 (Kyan chikudun)
- Japanese: 顔鴻基 (Gan Kouki)
Gan Kôki, also known as Kyan chikudun, was a Ryukyuan official and physician.
While in Kagoshima studying medicine alongside Shô Tatsudô (Tôma chikudun) in 1782 or 1783, he met with Tachibana Nankei; their exchanges are documented in Nankei's travelogue Saiyûki.
References
- Tachibana Nankei. Saiyûki. vol. 4. as reprinted in Shin Nihon koten bungaku taikei 98 新日本古典文学大系９８. Iwanami Shoten, 1991. p247.
