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Feb 03, 1789 Died on 07 Apr 1859 (aged 70) Aquarius
Nakachi Kijin - Place of Birth, Date of Birth, Age, Wiki, Facts, Net Worth, Birthday, Biography and Family
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About Nakachi Kijin
- Nakachi Pekumi Kijin (?? ??? ??, 3 February 1789 – 7 April 1859) was a scholar-bureaucrat, physician and surgeon of the Ryukyu Kingdom.
- He was the first surgeon who give cowpox vaccine in Okinawa. It was standard at the time for members of Ryukyu's aristocratic class to have two names: Chinese style name (??, Karana) and Japanese style name (???, Yamatona).
- "Nakachi Kijin" was his Japanese style name, while Sho Keishin (? ??) was his Chinese style name.
