Keian Genju

For the Japanese era, see Keian (1648-1652).
Keian Genju
桂庵 玄樹
Keian Genju at Kagoshima
Born1427
Shimonoseki, Nagato Province, Japan
DiedJune 28, 1508(1508-06-28) (aged 80–81)
Kagoshima, Satsuma Province, Japan

Keian Genju (桂庵 玄樹, 1427 – June 28, 1508) was a Rinzai school Buddhist priest and Confucian scholar in late Muromachi period Japan, who is noted for forming the Satsunan school of Japanese Neo-Confucianism.[1][2] who studied classics under Ishō at Nanzen-ji.[3]

  1. ^ Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1962). Sovereign and Subject, p. 242-246.
  2. ^ Iwao, Seiichi et al. (2002). Dictionnaire historique du Japon (Vol. I), p. 1490.
  3. ^ Ponsonby-Fane, p. 243.