Nakano Giken was a [[Chinese language]] [[Nagasaki interpreters|interpreter from Nagasaki]] who taught spoken Chinese in the household of [[Makino Narisada]], lord of [[Sekiyado han]].
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Nakano Giken was a [[Chinese language]] [[Nagasaki interpreters|interpreter from Nagasaki]] who taught spoken Chinese in the household of [[Makino Narisada]], lord of [[Sekiyado han]]. He is credited with being among those who taught Chinese to [[Ogyu Sorai|Ogyû Sorai]], and through Makino's connections with [[Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu]], Nakano too participated in Yoshiyasu and Sorai's Chinese-language salon.
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Giken served Narisada from [[1684]] until his own death in [[1720]]; the only time he is believed to have been away from Narisada's service during this lengthy period was for some time in [[1705]], when Giken sojourned in Kyoto.<ref>Clements, 613.</ref>
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==References==
==References==
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*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.
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*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.