Tani Jinzan

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  • Born: 1663
  • Died: 1718
  • Japanese: 秦山 (Tani Jinzan)

Tani Jinzan was a Confucian scholar in the service of Tosa han. A student of Yamazaki Ansai and Shibukawa Shunkai, he is known for his expertise at calendrics, and the Suika sect of Shinto. Jinzan's works include the Shindai kan'endo den.

References

  • Joyce Ackroyd, Told Round a Brushwood Fire, Princeton University Press (1979), 284n87.