Publication of Kaitai Shinsho

Period

1774

Region

Japan

Place

에도

Category

Science

Kaitai Shinsho is a medical text translated into Japanese during the Edo period. It was written by Sugita Genpaku, and was published by Suharaya Ichibee (須原屋市兵衛) in 1774, the third year of An'ei. The body comprises four volumes, the illustrations, one. The contents are written kanbun-style. It is based on a translation of the Dutch Ontleedkundige Tafelen, often known in Japan as Tafel Anatomie, of Johann Adam Kulmus’ Latin Tabulae Anatomicae, published before 1722 in Gdańsk, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. As a full-blown translation from a Western language, it was the first of its kind in Japan.

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Earlier and later events nearby

1. 1600Battle of Sekigahara
2. 1603Establishment of the Edo shogunate
3. 1603Izumo no Okuni begins kabuki
4. 1774Publication of Kaitai ShinshoThis page
5. 1831Hokusai's The Great Wave off Kanagawa
6. 1853–1854Perry Expedition
7. 1868Meiji Restoration

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