Kinoshita Jun'an was a prominent [[Confucianism|Confucian]] scholar of the 17th century, an expert specifically in [[Neo-Confucianism]] in the tradition of [[Zhu Xi]]. He was the teacher of a number of other prominent scholars, including [[Arai Hakuseki]], [[Amenomori Hoshu|Amenomori Hôshû]], [[Muro Kyuso|Muro Kyûsô]], the painter [[Gion Nankai]], [[Sakakibara Koshu|Sakakibara Kôshû]], and [[Nishiyama Juntai]]. | Kinoshita Jun'an was a prominent [[Confucianism|Confucian]] scholar of the 17th century, an expert specifically in [[Neo-Confucianism]] in the tradition of [[Zhu Xi]]. He was the teacher of a number of other prominent scholars, including [[Arai Hakuseki]], [[Amenomori Hoshu|Amenomori Hôshû]], [[Muro Kyuso|Muro Kyûsô]], the painter [[Gion Nankai]], [[Sakakibara Koshu|Sakakibara Kôshû]], and [[Nishiyama Juntai]]. |