Flower Vocabulary - Kai

Japanese: 《花彙》 - かい
Flower Vocabulary - Kai

...This book also includes dialectal descriptions of natural objects, and is important from the perspective of Japanese linguistics. The Dutch translation of Vol. 8 of Kai (Flower Vocabulary) (1765) was donated to PF von Siebold by Katsuragawa Hoshu, and the French translation by Paul Savatier was published in Paris in 1873 (Meiji 6), introducing Japanese plants to the world. Ranzan had a deep knowledge of herbal medicine as a form of pharmacology, but his true forte was the study of local products and the study of local products. ...

*Some of the terminology explanations that refer to "Kai" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…また,本書は自然物の方言を収録し,国語学的にも重要である。《花彙》8巻(1765)は,オランダ語訳本が桂川甫周によりP.F.vonシーボルトに寄贈,サバティエPaul Savatierによるフランス語訳本が1873年(明治6)にパリで出版,日本産植物が海外に紹介された。蘭山は薬物学としての本草の学識も深かったが,その本領は名物学,物産学にあった。…

※「《花彙》」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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