7/14/2023 0 Comments Sengoku period download![]() ![]() This exhibit introduces how modern astronomy has taken root in Japan, through books, hanging scrolls, and telescopes of the Edo period. Even the novel and unusual Western view of the Universe was accepted without any hesitation. Textbooks for the general public were also published, and Western science became widespread among ordinary people as well. People were amazed and greatly stimulated by the advanced scientific knowledge of the West. As a result, a variety of science books were brought to Japan through the Dutch trading post in Dejima. Under the national isolation policy of Edo era, Yoshimune TOKUGAWA, the eighth Shogun, wanted to make an accurate calendar based on Western astronomy, and loosened the restriction on foreign book imports. ![]()
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