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*''Born: [[1756]]''
*''Died: [[1809]]''
*''Other Names: Kuniakira''
*''Japanese'': [[桂川]] 甫周 ''(Katsuragawa Hoshuu)''
Katsuragawa Hoshû was a prominent [[Rangaku]] scholar of the 18th century who served for a time as court physician to the [[Tokugawa shogunate]] and was among the team who in [[1774]] produced the ''[[Kaitai shinsho]]'', the first European book of anatomy to be published in Japanese translation. He was a son of shogunate court physician [[Katsuragawa Hoken]], and elder brother to author [[Morishima Churyo|Morishima Chûryô]] (aka Katsuragawa Hosan).<ref>Miyagi Eishô 宮城栄昌, ''Ryûkyû shisha no Edo nobori'' 琉球使者の江戸上り, Tokyo: Daiichi Shobô (1982), 226.</ref>
Hoshû studied under [[Carl Peter Thunberg]] alongside [[Nakagawa Jun'an]], visiting Thunberg on multiple occasions at the [[Nagasaki-ya]] (Dutch residence) in Edo.<ref>Timon Screech, ''Obtaining Images'', University of Hawaii Presss (2012), 333. </ref>
He is known for numerous writings, including a preface to [[Hayashi Shihei|Hayashi Shihei's]] [[1785]] ''[[Sangoku tsuran zusetsu|Sangoku tsûran zusetsu]]'' ("Illustrated Outline of Three Countries").<ref>Hayashi Shihei. ''Sangoku tsûran zusetsu''. Edo, 1785. University of Hawaii Hamilton Library Sakamaki-Hawley Collection. HW 552-553.</ref> In [[1794]], he was asked by the shogunate to interrogate castaway [[Daikokuya Kodayu|Daikokuya Kôdayû]] about his experiences in Russia, after which he submitted a report entitled ''Hokusa bunryaku'' to the shogunate.<ref>Mitani Hiroshi, David Noble (trans.), ''Escape from Impasse'', International House of Japan (2006), 27. </ref>
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*''Died: [[1809]]''
*''Other Names: Kuniakira''
*''Japanese'': [[桂川]] 甫周 ''(Katsuragawa Hoshuu)''
Katsuragawa Hoshû was a prominent [[Rangaku]] scholar of the 18th century who served for a time as court physician to the [[Tokugawa shogunate]] and was among the team who in [[1774]] produced the ''[[Kaitai shinsho]]'', the first European book of anatomy to be published in Japanese translation. He was a son of shogunate court physician [[Katsuragawa Hoken]], and elder brother to author [[Morishima Churyo|Morishima Chûryô]] (aka Katsuragawa Hosan).<ref>Miyagi Eishô 宮城栄昌, ''Ryûkyû shisha no Edo nobori'' 琉球使者の江戸上り, Tokyo: Daiichi Shobô (1982), 226.</ref>
Hoshû studied under [[Carl Peter Thunberg]] alongside [[Nakagawa Jun'an]], visiting Thunberg on multiple occasions at the [[Nagasaki-ya]] (Dutch residence) in Edo.<ref>Timon Screech, ''Obtaining Images'', University of Hawaii Presss (2012), 333. </ref>
He is known for numerous writings, including a preface to [[Hayashi Shihei|Hayashi Shihei's]] [[1785]] ''[[Sangoku tsuran zusetsu|Sangoku tsûran zusetsu]]'' ("Illustrated Outline of Three Countries").<ref>Hayashi Shihei. ''Sangoku tsûran zusetsu''. Edo, 1785. University of Hawaii Hamilton Library Sakamaki-Hawley Collection. HW 552-553.</ref> In [[1794]], he was asked by the shogunate to interrogate castaway [[Daikokuya Kodayu|Daikokuya Kôdayû]] about his experiences in Russia, after which he submitted a report entitled ''Hokusa bunryaku'' to the shogunate.<ref>Mitani Hiroshi, David Noble (trans.), ''Escape from Impasse'', International House of Japan (2006), 27. </ref>
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==References==
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[[Category:Edo Period]]
[[Category:Scholars and Philosophers]]
