# Shibukawa Shunkai

> Shibukawa Shunkai or Shibukawa Harumi  born as Yasui Santetsu, later called Motoi Santetsu, was a Japanese scholar, go player and the first official astronomer appointed of the Edo period. He revised the Chinese lunisolar calendar at the shogunate request, drawing up the Jōkyō calendar which was issued in 1684 during the Jōkyō era. In 1702, he changed his name to Shibukawa Sukezaemon Shunkai and retired by 1711. As a go player, he was affiliated with the Yasui house, calling himself initially Yasui Santetsu II. He is mentioned as a Tengen player in Yamashita Keigo's book: Challenging Tengen.

*Japanese astronomer*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/shibukawa-shunkai

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Scientist ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Scientists
- **Country:** Japan
- **Born:** 1639-12-27
- **Died:** 1715-11-01
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 50.3 / 100
- **Momentum:** 5.2 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 9.9 / 100
- **Now attention:** 28.7 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100

## Sources
- [涩川春海](https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%B6%A9%E5%B7%9D%E6%98%A5%E6%B5%B7)
- [Şibukava Şunkay](https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%9Eibukava_%C5%9Eunkay)
- [Shibukawa Shunkai](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shibukawa_Shunkai)
- [Shibukawa Shunkai](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shibukawa_Shunkai)
- [شیبوکاوا شونکای](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%DB%8C%D8%A8%D9%88%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%A7_%D8%B4%D9%88%D9%86%DA%A9%D8%A7%DB%8C)
- [Shibukawa Shunkai](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shibukawa_Shunkai)
- [渋川春海](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%B8%8B%E5%B7%9D%E6%98%A5%E6%B5%B7)
- [시부카와 하루미](https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%8B%9C%EB%B6%80%EC%B9%B4%EC%99%80_%ED%95%98%EB%A3%A8%EB%AF%B8)
- [Shunkai Shibukawa](https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shunkai_Shibukawa)
- [ชิบูกาวะ ชุงไก](https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%8A%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%9A%E0%B8%B9%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%B0_%E0%B8%8A%E0%B8%B8%E0%B8%87%E0%B9%84%E0%B8%81)
- [Shibukawa Shunkai](https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shibukawa_Shunkai)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q786877)

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