The Satsunan school is a school of [[Neo-Confucianism|Neo-Confucianist thought]] which had a strong impact on the distinctive culture of [[Satsuma han]], and of modern Japan.
The Satsunan school is a school of [[Neo-Confucianism|Neo-Confucianist thought]] which had a strong impact on the distinctive culture of [[Satsuma han]], and of modern Japan.
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The school's beginnings are traced to [[1478]], when lord of [[Satsuma province|Satsuma]] [[Shimazu Tadamasa]] invited the Japanese scholar [[Keian Genju]] to teach [[Zhu Xi]]-style Neo-Confucianism in Satsuma.
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The school's beginnings are traced to [[1478]], when lord of [[Satsuma province|Satsuma]] [[Shimazu Tadamasa]] invited the Japanese scholar [[Keian Genju]] to teach [[Zhu Xi]]-style Neo-Confucianism in Satsuma. This may have marked the first introduction of Zhu Xi's teachings to Japan.<ref>Gallery labels, [[Shokoshuseikan|Shôkoshûseikan]], Kagoshima, Sept 2014.</ref>