Back Kumazawa Banzan German Kumazawa Banzan Spanish کومازاوا بانزان Persian Kumazawa Banzan French 熊沢蕃山 Japanese 구마자와 반잔 Korean Banzan Kumazawa Polish Kumazava Banzan Slovenian 熊泽蕃山 Chinese
Kumazawa Banzan (熊沢 蕃山, 1619 – September 9, 1691) was a Japanese Confucian. He learned Yangmingism from Nakae Tōju and served Ikeda Mitsumasa, the lord of Bizen Province. In his later years, he was imprisoned for writing Daigaku Wakumon, which contained criticism of Tokugawa shogunate politics.