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[[File:Nanpobunshi.jpg|right|thumb|320px|Monument to Nanpo Bunshi at the former site of Dairyû-ji in Kagoshima]]
*''Born: [[1555]]''
*''Died: [[1620]]''
*''Japanese'': 南浦文之 ''(Nanpo Bunshi)''
Nanpo Bunshi was the first abbot of the [[Kagoshima]] temple of [[Dairyu-ji|Dairyû-ji]], and author of an account of the history of [[teppo|firearms]] entitled ''Teppô-ki''.<ref>Nanpo Bunshi, ''Teppô-ki'', c. 1604, translated in Tsunoda, et al., ''Sources of Japanese Tradition'', New York: Columbia University Press (1958), 308-312.</ref>
Born in the village of Obi in [[Hyuga province|Hyûga province]], he is said to have been called a child prodigy in his youth. He studied the [[Neo-Confucianism|Neo-Confucian]] teachings of [[Keian Genju]] under [[Ichio Genshin]] at [[Ryugen-ji|Ryûgen-ji]] in [[Kushima]], Hyûga province.
Bunshi later became a prominent political advisor to [[Shimazu Yoshihisa]], [[Shimazu Yoshihiro]], and [[Shimazu Iehisa]], playing a key role in advising policy on [[Satsuma han|Satsuma's]] relations with [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû]]. He died in [[1620]], and is buried at [[Ankoku-ji]] in [[Kajiki]], [[Satsuma province]].
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==References==
*Plaques on-site at former site of Dairyû-ji.
[[Category:Religious Figures]]
[[Category:Sengoku Period]]
*''Born: [[1555]]''
*''Died: [[1620]]''
*''Japanese'': 南浦文之 ''(Nanpo Bunshi)''
Nanpo Bunshi was the first abbot of the [[Kagoshima]] temple of [[Dairyu-ji|Dairyû-ji]], and author of an account of the history of [[teppo|firearms]] entitled ''Teppô-ki''.<ref>Nanpo Bunshi, ''Teppô-ki'', c. 1604, translated in Tsunoda, et al., ''Sources of Japanese Tradition'', New York: Columbia University Press (1958), 308-312.</ref>
Born in the village of Obi in [[Hyuga province|Hyûga province]], he is said to have been called a child prodigy in his youth. He studied the [[Neo-Confucianism|Neo-Confucian]] teachings of [[Keian Genju]] under [[Ichio Genshin]] at [[Ryugen-ji|Ryûgen-ji]] in [[Kushima]], Hyûga province.
Bunshi later became a prominent political advisor to [[Shimazu Yoshihisa]], [[Shimazu Yoshihiro]], and [[Shimazu Iehisa]], playing a key role in advising policy on [[Satsuma han|Satsuma's]] relations with [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû]]. He died in [[1620]], and is buried at [[Ankoku-ji]] in [[Kajiki]], [[Satsuma province]].
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==References==
*Plaques on-site at former site of Dairyû-ji.
[[Category:Religious Figures]]
[[Category:Sengoku Period]]