Aoki Konyō

Aoki Konyō
青木昆陽
portrait of Aoki Konyō
Born(1689-06-19)June 19, 1689
Nihonbashi, Edo, Japan
DiedNovember 9, 1769(1769-11-09) (aged 80)
Shimomeguro, Edo, Japan

Aoki Konyō (青木昆陽) (June 19, 1698 – November 9, 1769) was a Confucian scholar, minor hatamoto and pioneer rangaku scholar in early Edo period Japan. He is also credited with introducing the cultivation of sweet potato to many parts of Japan.

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