Akamatsu Sotan

Japanese: 赤松宗旦 - あかまつ・そうたん

Year of death: April 21, 1862 (May 19, 1862)
Year of birth: Bunka 3.7.14 (1806.8.27)
A physician and geographer in the late Edo period. Son of physician Akamatsu Munetane. His name was Yoshitomo. He followed in his father's footsteps as a physician and worked in Nunokawa, Shimousa, while also working on the geography of the Kanto region, particularly the Tone River system. In addition to "Tonegawa Zushi," which includes a preface from 1855, he wrote "Zoku Tonegawa Zushi" and "Choshi Nikki."

(Yoichiro Murakami)

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Japanese:

没年：文久2.4.21(1862.5.19)
生年：文化3.7.14(1806.8.27)
江戸末期の医師,地理学者。医師赤松宗旦恵の子。名は義知。父のあとを継いで医師として,下総の布川で活躍する一方,関東地方,とりわけ利根川系の地誌の仕事に従事。安政2(1855)年の自序のある『利根川図志』のほか『続利根川図志』『銚子日記』などを著す。

(村上陽一郎)

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