Johannes Jonstons

Japanese: ヨンストン(英語表記)Johannes Jonstons
Johannes Jonstons
1603‐75
A Polish physician and naturalist, his English name was John Jonston. He studied botany and medicine at the universities of Torun, Prussia, and St. Andrews, Scotland. He was a professor at the medical faculty of Leiden University from 1640 to 1655. He retired in 1655 to become a writer. During the Edo period, a Dutch translation of Jonston's Illustrated Guide to Birds, Beasts, Insects, and Fish (1660) was imported to Japan. Noro Genjo, a medical officer of the shogunate, was an interpreter for a tsutsuji (Japanese interpreter), and asked about the contents of the book, and in 1741 (Kanpo 1) he compiled a volume called A Comprehensive Guide to Dutch Birds, Beasts, Insects, and Fish.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:
1603‐75
ポーランド出身の医学者・博物学者。英名John Jonston。プロイセンのトルン,スコットランドのセント・アンドルーズの大学で,植物学と医学を修めた。1640‐55年ライデン大学医学部教授。55年に引退して著述生活に入った。江戸時代,ヨンストンの《鳥獣虫魚図譜》(1660)の蘭訳本が日本に舶来した。幕府の医官野呂元丈は,通詞の通訳で,この本の内容について質問し,1741年(寛保1)に《阿蘭陀禽獣虫魚図和解(オランダきんじゆうちゆうぎよずわげ)》1冊をつくった。

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