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Something wrong?Hiraga Gennai was a Japanese polymath and rōnin of the Edo period. He was a pharmacologist, student of Rangaku, author, painter and inventor well known for his Erekiteru, Kandankei (thermometer) and Kakanpu.
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![Portrait of Hiraga Gennai by Nakamaru Seijuro [ja]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Hiraga_Gennai_by_Nakamaru_Seijuro_%28Waseda_University_Library%29.jpg/500px-Hiraga_Gennai_by_Nakamaru_Seijuro_%28Waseda_University_Library%29.jpg)
Portrait of Hiraga Gennai by Nakamaru Seijuro [ja]
The Elekiter (replica) exhibited in the National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo, Japan.
Gennai (Shido) ware sake bottle with design of scholars in garden, earthenware with clear glaze and colored enamels. Edo period, 18th century
Hiraga Gennai grave in ShidoWriters from Japan 6
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Hiraga Gennai was a Japanese polymath and rōnin of the Edo period. He was a pharmacologist, student of Rangaku, author, painter and inventor well known for his Erekiteru, Kandankei (thermometer) and Kakanpu. Gennai composed several works of literature, including the fictional satires Fūryū Shidōken den (1763), the Nenashigusa (1763), and the Nenashigusa kohen (1768), and the satirical essays On Farting and A Lousy Journey of Love. He also authored two guidebooks on the male prostitutes of Japan, the Kiku no en (1764) and the San no asa (1768). His birth name was Shiraishi Kunitomo, but he later used numerous pen names, including Kyūkei (鳩渓), Fūrai Sanjin (風来山人), Tenjiku rōnin (天竺浪人) and Fukuchi Kigai (福内鬼外). He is best known by the name Hiraga Gennai.
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