Kitamura Kigin

• Born: 1624
• Died: 1705

Kitamura Kigin is known as the compiler of the first major printed collection of commentaries on the Tale of Genji.

He was a student of Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu.

References

• 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: 605.