Nanpō Bunshi
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| Birthday |
30th November, 1554
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| Birthplace |
Obi, Hyuga Province, Japan
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| Died |
25th October, 1620
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| Place of Death |
Aira, Satsuma Province, Japan
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Nanpō Bunshi (南浦文之; 1555 - October 25, 1620) was a Rinzai school Buddhist priest in Sengoku to early Edo period Japan. He was also a Neo-Confucian scholar of the Satsunan school, and author of a number of books. He is especially noted as the author of an account of the history of firearms entitled Teppō-ki. and for Tō Ryūkyū shi narabi ni jo ("Verses and Preface on the Chastisement of Ryukyu”) describing the history of the Ryūkyū Kingdom and the justifications for the 1609 Shimazu invasion of Ryukyu.
