Tani Sanzan | |
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Native name | たに さんざん |
Born | 1802 Yagi Village, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan |
Died | 11 December 1867 | (aged 64–65)
Tani Sanzan (1802 – 11 December 1867) was a Japanese Confucian scholar and educator in the late Edo period. Deafened in his teenage years, Sanzan became blind in his later life and communicated with his students through tactile communication. In his writings he argued for the rejection of Western political and cultural influence.