Anemurion - Anemurion

Japanese: アネムリオン - あねむりおん
Anemurion - Anemurion

…There is a theory that their origin may have been inspired by the wind-powered prayer cylinders of Tibet or the rotating scripture repositories used in Chinese Buddhist temples, but there is no definite proof. In Europe, the anemurion seen in Heron of Alexandria's Pneumatology is said to be the oldest vertical windmill, but it is thought to have been merely a toy.
[Islamic horizontal windmills]
The true history of the windmill begins in the Islamic world, specifically in Iran.

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Anemurion" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…これらの起源がチベットの風力駆動の祈禱(きとう)用円筒や,中国の仏教寺院で用いられた回転式の経蔵にヒントを得たものではないかという説があるが,確証はない。ヨーロッパではアレクサンドリアのヘロンの《気体学》にみえるアネムリオンが最古の垂直型風車といわれているが,単なる玩具にすぎなかったと思われる。
[イスラムの水平型風車]
 ほんとうの意味での風車の歴史が始まるのはイスラム世界,それもイランにおいてである。…

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