Shibukawa Shunkai
Japanese astronomer · Japan · Scientists · Lived 1639 to 1715 · aged 75
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Something wrong?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.
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Jōkyō calendar published in 1729. Exhibit in the National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo, Japan.
"Tenmon Bunya no Zu", written by Shibukawa Shunkai in 1677. "Tenmon Bunya no Zu" means star chart.![Papier-mache globe created by Shibukawa Shunkai in 1695. One of the Important Cultural Properties of Japan. Exhibit in the National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo, Japan.[1]](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Terrestrial_Globe_by_Shibukawa_Shunkai.jpg/1280px-Terrestrial_Globe_by_Shibukawa_Shunkai.jpg?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&utm_campaign=parser&utm_content=thumbnail)
Papier-mache globe created by Shibukawa Shunkai in 1695. One of the Important Cultural Properties of Japan. Exhibit in the National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo, Japan.[1]
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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.
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