Six-part cultivation method for plants and trees

Japanese: 草木六部耕種法 - そうもくりくぶこうしゅほう

This is the major work of Sato Nobuhiro, who lived at the end of the Edo period. It consists of 20 volumes. Thanks to this work, Nobuhiro is known as one of the three greatest agricultural scholars of the Edo period, along with Miyazaki Yasusada and Okura Nagatsune. The manuscript was completed in 1829 (Bunsei 12), but it was not published until after the Meiji period. The book divides useful plants into six categories: roots, stems, bark, leaves, flowers, and fruits, and explains how to cultivate plants that belong to each category. This classification is unprecedented and is considered to be an original creation of Nobuhiro. Approximately 300 species of plants are featured. The most important are fruit-bearing species, which include a wide range of species such as rice, grains, beans, melons, eggplants, rapeseed, cotton, and fruit trees.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

幕末の佐藤信淵の主著。全20巻。本書により信淵は，宮崎安貞，大蔵永常とならび〈江戸時代の三大農学者〉と称される。1829年(文政12)脱稿したが，公刊は明治以後である。有用植物の利用対象を，根･幹･皮･葉･花･実の六部にわけ，それぞれに属する植物の栽培法を解説している。この分類はほかに例がなく，信淵の独創とみなされる。登場する植物は約300種。もっとも重要なのは需実種で，イネをはじめ穀物，マメ類，ウリ類，ナス，ナタネ，ワタ，果樹など広範囲な種類がふくまれる。

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