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*''Born: [[1570]]''
*''Died: [[1655]]/5/15''
*''Other Names'': 日章 ''(Nisshou)'', 養善院 ''(Youzen'in)''
*''Japanese'': 泊如竹 ''(Tomari Jochiku)''

Tomari Jochiku was a Buddhist monk and [[Neo-Confucianism|Neo-Confucian]] scholar, known as a Confucian teacher and advisor to King [[Sho Ho|Shô Hô]] and [[Sho Shoken|Shô Shôken]] of the [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom]].<ref>Smits, Gregory. ''Visions of Ryukyu: Identity and Ideology in Early-Modern Thought and Politics''. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1999. p51.</ref>

Originally from [[Osumi province|Ôsumi province]], Jochiku studied [[Nichiren Buddhism]] at the [[Honno-ji|Honnô-ji]] in [[Kyoto]] before relocating to [[Kagoshima]], where he studied Neo-Confucianism under [[Bunshi Gensho|Bunshi Genshô]]. Shedding his monastic robes, he became a Confucian advisor and tutor to [[Todo Takatora|Tôdô Takatora]], lord of [[Tsu han]] in [[Ise province]], and following Tôdô's death, entered into the service of the [[Shimazu clan]] of [[Satsuma han]].

He died on [[1655]]/5/15 at the age of 86.

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==References==
*"[https://kotobank.jp/word/%E6%97%A5%E7%AB%A0-592274#E3.83.87.E3.82.B8.E3.82.BF.E3.83.AB.E7.89.88.20.E6.97.A5.E6.9C.AC.E4.BA.BA.E5.90.8D.E5.A4.A7.E8.BE.9E.E5.85.B8.2BPlus Nisshô]," ''Nihon jinmei daijiten'', Kodansha 2009.

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