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Kimura Kenkadô was a prominent ''[[honzogaku|honzôgaku]]'' (natural sciences) scholar and cultural figure of the mid-18th century.

Kimura Kenkadô was a prominent ''[[honzogaku|honzôgaku]]'' (natural sciences) scholar and cultural figure of the mid-18th century.

A [[sake|saké]] brewer from [[Osaka]], Kenkadô was deeply involved in scholarly and cultural circles in his city, and beyond. [[Ike no Taiga]], [[Ike Gyokuran]], [[Matsuura Seizan]], [[Masuyama Sessai]], and [[Tani Buncho|Tani Bunchô]] were but a few of those with whom he had significant interactions or lengthy relationships.

A [[sake|saké]] brewer from [[Osaka]], Kenkadô was deeply involved in scholarly and cultural circles in his city, and beyond. [[Ike no Taiga]], [[Ike Gyokuran]], [[Matsura Seizan]], [[Masuyama Sessai]], and [[Tani Buncho|Tani Bunchô]] were but a few of those with whom he had significant interactions or lengthy relationships.

In [[1764]], he interacted with members of a [[Korean embassy to Edo]],<ref>''Chôsen tsûshinshi to Okayama'', Okayama Prefectural Museum (2007), 69. </ref> and recorded some of the details of the meeting in his diary, ''Kimura Kenkadô nikki''.

In [[1764]], he interacted with members of a [[Korean embassy to Edo]],<ref>''Chôsen tsûshinshi to Okayama'', Okayama Prefectural Museum (2007), 69. </ref> and recorded some of the details of the meeting in his diary, ''Kimura Kenkadô nikki''.