page_title: Keian Genju
hierarchical_section_title: Keian Genju
caption_attribution_description: Tomb of Keian Genju(桂庵玄樹, 1427-1508) in Kagoshima:He was a Japanese Buddhist monk who sought to propagate Neo-Confucianism.
context_page_description: Keian Genju was a Japanese Buddhist monk who studied classics under Ishō at Nanzen-ji.
  Keian accompanied the 1466 mission to the Ming court in China. In Beijing, he was favored by the Chenghua Emperor. Keian delayed his return to Japan until 1475.
  Keian was the first to translate Zhu Xi's Collective Commentaries on the Great Learning into Japanese.
  Keian founded Satsunan-gakuha, a neo-confucianist school in Kagoshima.
context_section_description: Keian Genju (桂庵 玄樹, 1427 – June 28, 1508) was a Japanese Buddhist monk  who studied classics under Ishō at Nanzen-ji.
  Keian accompanied the 1466 mission to the Ming court in China.  In Beijing, he was favored by the Chenghua Emperor. Keian delayed his return to Japan until 1475.
  Keian was the first to translate Zhu Xi's Collective Commentaries on the Great Learning into Japanese.
  Keian founded Satsunan-gakuha, a neo-confucianist school in Kagoshima.
caption: Tomb of Keian Genju in Kagoshima
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