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*''Born: [[1780]]''
*''Died: [[1832]]''
*''Japanese'': [[頼]] 山陽 ''(Rai San'yô)''
Rai San'yô was a notable 18th-19th century ''[[Kangaku]]'' (Chinese Studies) scholar from the [[Hiroshima han|Hiroshima]] area. He was the son of scholar [[Rai Shunsui]].
San'yô was friends or close acquaintances with a number of other prominent scholars, artists, and others of his time, including [[Akazaki Kaimon]] and [[Tanomura Chikuden]].
Though San'yô never had the opportunity to meet [[Korean embassies to Edo|Korean envoys]] in person (the last Korean embassy to pass through mainland Japan was in [[1764]], before his time), he is known to have regularly visited the Taichôrô hall at [[Fukuzen-ji]] temple in [[Tomonoura]] and to have studied poetry, calligraphy, and other works left there by Korean envoys who had stayed at the Taichôrô in the past.<ref>Gallery labels, Fukuzen-ji.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/36892217611/sizes/3k/]</ref>
Among his works is the ''[[Nihon gaishi]]'' (Unofficial History of Japan), which he completed in [[1827]] and presented to [[Matsudaira Sadanobu]].
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[[Category:Scholars and Philosophers]]
[[Category:Edo Period]]
*''Died: [[1832]]''
*''Japanese'': [[頼]] 山陽 ''(Rai San'yô)''
Rai San'yô was a notable 18th-19th century ''[[Kangaku]]'' (Chinese Studies) scholar from the [[Hiroshima han|Hiroshima]] area. He was the son of scholar [[Rai Shunsui]].
San'yô was friends or close acquaintances with a number of other prominent scholars, artists, and others of his time, including [[Akazaki Kaimon]] and [[Tanomura Chikuden]].
Though San'yô never had the opportunity to meet [[Korean embassies to Edo|Korean envoys]] in person (the last Korean embassy to pass through mainland Japan was in [[1764]], before his time), he is known to have regularly visited the Taichôrô hall at [[Fukuzen-ji]] temple in [[Tomonoura]] and to have studied poetry, calligraphy, and other works left there by Korean envoys who had stayed at the Taichôrô in the past.<ref>Gallery labels, Fukuzen-ji.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/36892217611/sizes/3k/]</ref>
Among his works is the ''[[Nihon gaishi]]'' (Unofficial History of Japan), which he completed in [[1827]] and presented to [[Matsudaira Sadanobu]].
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==References==
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[[Category:Scholars and Philosophers]]
[[Category:Edo Period]]