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*''Born: [[1621]]''
*''Died: [[1698]]''
*''Other Names: Boku-sensei, Kyôsei, Heinojô, Naomiki''
*''Japanese'': [[木下]]順庵 ''(Kinoshita Jun'an)''
Kinoshita Jun'an was a prominent [[Confucianism|Confucian]] scholar of the 17th century, an expert specifically in [[Neo-Confucianism]] in the tradition of [[Zhu Xi]]. He was the teacher of a number of other prominent scholars, including [[Arai Hakuseki]], [[Amenomori Hoshu|Amenomori Hôshû]], [[Muro Kyuso|Muro Kyûsô]], the painter [[Gion Nankai]], [[Sakakibara Koshu|Sakakibara Kôshû]], and [[Nishiyama Juntai]].
He was born in [[Kyoto]], and studied under [[Matsunaga Sekigo]]. He later entered the service of the [[Maeda clan]] of [[Kaga han]], and in [[1682]] became a tutor to [[Shogun]] [[Tokugawa Tsunayoshi]].
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==References==
*Arai Hakuseki, Joyce Ackroyd (trans.), ''Told Round a Brushwood Fire'', University of Tokyo Press (1979), 310n12.
[[Category:Edo Period]]
[[Category:Scholars and Philosophers]]