Shiba Kōkan /

Shiba Kōkan /

司馬江漢 /
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Author / Creator:Nakai, Sōtarō.
中井宗太郎.
Imprint:Tōkyō : Atoriesha, Shōwa 17 [1942]
東京 : アトリエ社, 昭和 17 [1942]
Description:5, 3, 4, 253, 8 p., [60] leaves of plates : ill. ; 27 cm.
Language:Japanese
Subject:
Shiba, Kōkan, -- 1738?-1818.
Shiba, Kōkan, -- 1738?-1818
司馬江漢, 1738-1818.
Astronomy.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/3404848
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Summary:This book deals with Shiba Kōkan, a famous painter of western-styled painting in the late Edo period and the first Japanese painter who successfully made etchings. Also an expert in astronomy and geography he was one of the pioneers who introduced western science and technology into Japan. Part I is his biography, and Part II concerns his astronomy and geography studies.

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