Karakuri Iga Seven - Karakuri Iga Seven

Japanese: からくり伊賀七 - からくりいがしち
Karakuri Iga Seven - Karakuri Iga Seven

...In the field of medicine, Hara Nanyo and Honma Gencho came from the Mito domain, Tsuji Motojun and Yasumura Echi came from the Tsuchiura domain, and Hirose Shuhaku, a physician from the Yatabe domain, wrote Zue Ransetsu Sansai Sekikan, which he published as an outline of research in astronomy, earth science, and medicine. Iizuka Iga Shichi, headman of Yatabe village, singlehandedly invented wooden Japanese clocks, surveying instruments, threshing machines, and other equipment, earning him the nickname Karakuri Iga Shichi. Although national studies in Hitachi were inferior to those of neighboring provinces, the achievements of Irokawa Sanchu, a townsman and national scholar from Tsuchiura who wrote such works as Kenden Kosho, cannot be overlooked....

*Some of the terminology used in reference to "Karakuri Iga Nana" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…医学では水戸藩に原南陽・本間玄調,土浦藩に辻元順・安村江痴らが出,谷田部藩医広瀬周伯は《図会蘭説三才窺管》を著し,天文学,地学,医学の研究の概要をまとめて出版した。谷田部村名主飯塚伊賀七は,独力で木製和時計,測量器,脱穀機などを考案し,からくり伊賀七の異名をとった。常陸の国学は近隣諸国に比して劣勢であったが,《検田考証》などを著した土浦の町人国学者色川三中の業績は逸することができない。…

※「からくり伊賀七」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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