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*''Japanese'': 貝原益軒 ''(Kaibara Ekiken)''
*''Japanese'': 貝原益軒 ''(Kaibara Ekiken)''
−Kaibara Ekiken was an [[Edo period]] writer, [[Confucianism|Confucian]] scholar, educator, herbalist and physician.
+Kaibara Ekiken was an [[Edo period]] writer, [[Confucianism|Confucian]] scholar, educator, herbalist and physician, attributed with revitalizing or reinventing the genre of travel writing.<ref>Yonemoto, Marcia. ''Mapping Early Modern Japan''. University of California Press, 2003. p69.</ref>
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]].
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==References==
==References==
*"[http://kotobank.jp/word/%E8%B2%9D%E5%8E%9F%E7%9B%8A%E8%BB%92 Kaibara Ekiken]." ''Digital-ban Nihon jinmei daijiten'' デジタル版 日本人名大辞典. Kodansha, 2009.
*"[http://kotobank.jp/word/%E8%B2%9D%E5%8E%9F%E7%9B%8A%E8%BB%92 Kaibara Ekiken]." ''Digital-ban Nihon jinmei daijiten'' デジタル版 日本人名大辞典. Kodansha, 2009.
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