Shibukawa Shunkai

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Jōkyō calendar published in 1729. Exhibit in the National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo, Japan.

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]

Shunkai's grave at Tokyo

In this Japanese name, the family name is "Shibukawa".

Shibukawa Shunkai (渋川春海, December 27, 1639 - November 1, 1715) was a Japanese scholar, go player and the first official astronomer appointed of the Edo period. He revised the Chinese lunisolar calendar at the imperial 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 (after his father) Yasui Santetsu II. He is mentioned as a Tengen player in Yamashita Keigo 's book: "Challenging Tengen" (天元への挑戦), Published by Kawade in 2000, ISBN 978-4309264455.

Shibukawa Shunkai (as Yasui Santetsu) is the central character in the 2012 film Tenchi Meisatsu by Yōjirō Takita.^[2]

Notes

↑ Papier-mache terrestrial globe - National Museum of Nature and Science
↑ Schilling, Mark (September 14, 2012). "Tenchi Meisatsu (Tenchi: The Samurai Astronomer)". The Japan Times.

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Name	Shibukawa Shunkai
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