Makino Narisada
Makino Narisada was a lord of Sekiyado han. He brought Nagasaki interpreter Nakano Giken into his service so Nakano could teach him spoken Chinese; through personal connections with Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu, Makino and Nakano both participated in Chinese-language salon meetings run by Yoshiyasu and Ogyû Sorai.
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: 608-609.