Iwasaki Tsunemasa

Japanese: 岩崎常正 - いわさきつねまさ
Iwasaki Tsunemasa

...A herbalist of the late Edo period. His given name was Tsunemasa, his pen name was Kanen, and he was commonly known as Genzo or Genzo. He was born in Sanmaibashi, Shitaya, Edo, as the son of a shogunate samurai. He entered the Shogunate's service in 1809 (Bunka 6). He studied herbalism under Ono Ranzan. In 1828 (Bunsei 11), he completed the 96 volumes and 92 books of "Honsho Zufu," which he published between 1830 (Tenpo 1) and 1844 (Koka 1). This book is the largest colored plant encyclopedia of the Edo period, containing about 2,000 species of plants, including foreign species. [Yabe Ichiro]...

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Japanese:

…江戸後期の本草家。名は常正,号は灌園,通称は源蔵,源三である。幕府の徒士の子で江戸下谷三枚橋に生まれる。1809年(文化6)幕府に出仕する。本草を小野蘭山に学んだ。28年(文政11)《本草図譜》96巻92冊を完成,30年(天保1)から44年(弘化1)にかけて出版した。本書は外国産も加えた約2000種の植物を収載する江戸時代最大の彩色植物図鑑である。【矢部 一郎】…

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