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Tomari Jochiku was a Buddhist monk and [[Neo-Confucianism|Neo-Confucian]] scholar, known as a Confucian teacher and advisor to King [[Sho Ho|Shô Hô]] and [[Sho Shoken|Shô Shôken]] of the [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom]].<ref>Smits, Gregory. ''Visions of Ryukyu: Identity and Ideology in Early-Modern Thought and Politics''. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1999. p51.</ref>

Tomari Jochiku was a Buddhist monk and [[Neo-Confucianism|Neo-Confucian]] scholar, known as a Confucian teacher and advisor to King [[Sho Ho|Shô Hô]] and [[Sho Shoken|Shô Shôken]] of the [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom]].<ref>Smits, Gregory. ''Visions of Ryukyu: Identity and Ideology in Early-Modern Thought and Politics''. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1999. p51.</ref>

Originally from [[Yakushima]], Jochiku studied [[Nichiren Buddhism]] at the Honbutsu-ji at Kuonzan, and then at the [[Honno-ji|Honnô-ji]] in [[Kyoto]] before returning to [[Kagoshima]], where he studied Neo-Confucianism under [[Bunshi Gensho|Bunshi Genshô]], at the Dairyû-ji founded by Bunshi. Shedding his monastic robes, he became a Confucian advisor and tutor to [[Todo Takatora|Tôdô Takatora]], lord of [[Tsu han]] in [[Ise province]], and published a number of texts in [[Edo]], including ''Keian oshô kahô waten'', which contained [[Keian Genju|Keian Genju's]] Japanese readings for Chinese texts, and epilogues for two commentaries on Chinese classics, also written in Bunshi-ten style Japanese readings. These Bunshi-ten texts were the first versions of [[Zhu Xi|Zhu Xi's]] commentaries on the [[Four Books]] to be published in a form relatively easily readable in Japanese (i.e. for those less capable in reading the original [[classical Chinese|Chinese]]). Compiled in [[1625]] by Tomari, they were published in Kyoto in [[1626]] by [[Nakano Dohan|Nakano Dôhan]].

Originally from [[Yakushima]], Jochiku studied [[Nichiren Buddhism]] at the Honbutsu-ji at Kuonzan, and then at the [[Honno-ji|Honnô-ji]] in [[Kyoto]] before returning to [[Kagoshima]], where he studied Neo-Confucianism under [[Bunshi Gensho|Bunshi Genshô]], at the Dairyû-ji founded by Bunshi. Shedding his monastic robes, he became a Confucian advisor and tutor to [[Todo Takatora|Tôdô Takatora]], lord of [[Tsu han]] in [[Ise province]], and published a number of texts in [[Edo]], including ''Keian oshô kahô waten'', which contained [[Keian Genju|Keian Genju's]] Japanese readings for Chinese texts, and epilogues for two commentaries on Chinese classics, also written in Bunshi-ten style Japanese readings. These Bunshi-ten texts were the first versions of [[Zhu Xi|Zhu Xi's]] commentaries on the [[Four Books]] to be published in a form relatively easily readable in Japanese (i.e. for those less capable in reading the original [[classical Chinese|Chinese]]). Compiled in [[1625]] by Tomari based on a Chinese copy published by [[Yu Mingtai]] in [[Fujian province]], they were published in Kyoto in [[1626]] by [[Nakano Dohan|Nakano Dôhan]].

Following Tôdô's death in [[1630]], he entered into the service of the [[Shimazu clan]] of [[Satsuma han]], and served the Ryûkyû Court from [[1632]] to [[1634]], during which time he introduced the Bunshi-ten volumes to Ryûkyû, where they remained in use until the [[Meiji period]].

Following Tôdô's death in [[1630]], he entered into the service of the [[Shimazu clan]] of [[Satsuma han]], and served the Ryûkyû Court from [[1632]] to [[1634]], during which time he introduced the Bunshi-ten volumes to Ryûkyû, where they remained in use until the [[Meiji period]].

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*"[https://kotobank.jp/word/%E6%97%A5%E7%AB%A0-592274#E3.83.87.E3.82.B8.E3.82.BF.E3.83.AB.E7.89.88.20.E6.97.A5.E6.9C.AC.E4.BA.BA.E5.90.8D.E5.A4.A7.E8.BE.9E.E5.85.B8.2BPlus Nisshô]," ''Nihon jinmei daijiten'', Kodansha 2009.

*"[https://kotobank.jp/word/%E6%97%A5%E7%AB%A0-592274#E3.83.87.E3.82.B8.E3.82.BF.E3.83.AB.E7.89.88.20.E6.97.A5.E6.9C.AC.E4.BA.BA.E5.90.8D.E5.A4.A7.E8.BE.9E.E5.85.B8.2BPlus Nisshô]," ''Nihon jinmei daijiten'', Kodansha 2009.

*Takatsu Takashi, “Ming Jianyang Prints and the Spread of the Teachings of Zhu Xi to Japan and the Ryukyu Kingdom in the Seventeenth Century,” in Angela Schottenhammer (ed.), ''The East Asian Mediterranean: Maritime Crossroads of Culture'', Harrassowitz Verlag (2008), 259.  

*Takatsu Takashi, “Ming Jianyang Prints and the Spread of the Teachings of Zhu Xi to Japan and the Ryukyu Kingdom in the Seventeenth Century,” in Angela Schottenhammer (ed.), ''The East Asian Mediterranean: Maritime Crossroads of Culture'', Harrassowitz Verlag (2008), 259-260.  

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