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    STUDIA PHILOLOGIA - Issue no. 1 / 2013  
         
  Article:   THE LEONARDO DA VINCI OF JAPAN: HIRAGA GENNAI (1728–1780).

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  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.

Keywords: Hiraga Gennai, Leonardo Da Vinci, Japan, Dutch, Rangaku, inventions

 
         
     
         
         
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