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He was the fifth son of [[Kaibara Kansai]]<!--貝原寛斎-->, a samurai in the service of [[Kuroda Mitsuyuki]], lord of [[Fukuoka han]]. Ekiken traveled to [[Kyoto]] to study, and returned to Fukuoka in [[1664]].
He was the fifth son of [[Kaibara Kansai]]<!--貝原寛斎-->, a samurai in the service of [[Kuroda Mitsuyuki]], lord of [[Fukuoka han]]. Ekiken traveled to [[Kyoto]] to study, and returned to Fukuoka in [[1664]].
Ekiken was originally a student of [[Wang Yangming]]'s brand of neo-Confucianism, but turned to following the teachings of [[Zhu Xi]] years later; late in his life, he had questions and doubts about Zhu Xi's teachings, and compiled these into a text titled ''Taigiroku'' (大疑録, lit. "Great Doubts Record").
In [[1709]], he compiled ''[[Yamato Honzo|Yamato Honzô]]'', a sixteen-volume text listing and describing Japanese medical herbs and other plants.<ref>Plutschow, Herbert. ''A Reader in Edo Period Travel''. Kent: Global Oriental, 2006. p12. </ref>
Ekiken was originally a student of [[Wang Yangming]]'s brand of neo-Confucianism, but turned to following the teachings of [[Zhu Xi]] years later; late in his life, he had questions and doubts about Zhu Xi's teachings, and compiled these into a text titled ''Taigiroku'' (大疑録, lit. "Great Doubts Record"). He is often also credited with writing the ''[[Onna daigaku]]'' (女大学, "Greater Learning for Women"), a volume on morals and proper behavior for women.<ref>[[Albert M. Craig]], ''The Heritage of Japanese Civilization'', Second Edition, Prentice Hall (2011), 74-75.</ref>
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