Kaibara Ekken
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Most Influential Person Across History
Japanese Confucianist Philosopher, Pre-Linnaean botanist, physician
Why Is Kaibara Ekken Influential?
(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Kaibara Ekken or Ekiken, also known as Atsunobu , was a Japanese Neo-Confucianist philosopher and botanist. Kaibara was born into a family of advisors to the daimyō of Fukuoka Domain in Chikuzen Province . He accompanied his father to Edo in 1648, and was sent in 1649 to Nagasaki to study Western science. At his father's urging, he continued his studies in Nagasaki as a rōnin from 1650 through 1656. He then re-entered service to Kuroda, which led to his continuing studies in Kyoto. After his father's death in 1665, he returned to Fukuoka.
