THE LEONARDO DA VINCI OF JAPAN: HIRAGA GENNAI (1728–1780)
THE LEONARDO DA VINCI OF JAPAN: HIRAGA GENNAI (1728–1780)
Author(s): Giovanni BorrielloSubject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai
Keywords: Hiraga Gennai; Leonardo Da Vinci; Japan; Dutch; Rangaku; inventions.
Summary/Abstract: The Leonardo Da Vinci of Japan: Hiraga Gennai (1728–1780). Hiraga Gennai (1728–1780), eclectic figure of the Tokugawa period, author, artist and scientist, is compared to the Italian Leonardo Da Vinci for his multiple activities. Besides his writings and his medical and scientific activities, Hiraga Gennai will be remembered for his “inventions”, among which we find the jinshiki, the heisengi, the tarumomeitoru, the Gennai gushi etc.
Journal: Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai - Philologia
- Issue Year: 58/2013
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 141-146
- Page Count: 6
- Language: English