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*''Born: [[1718]]''
*''Died: [[1776]]''
Tamura Gen'yû was a ''[[rangaku]]'' scholar and botany expert who served as the official shogunate expert on [[ginseng]].
Tamura Gen'yû was a ''[[rangaku]]'' scholar and botany expert who served as the head of the shogunate-authorized [[ginseng]] ''[[za]]'' (monopoly guild).
He organized an exhibit in [[Edo]] in [[1757]], the first of its kind, displaying a wide variety of botanical samples. This was followed two years later by a similar exhibit organized by his student [[Hiraga Gennai]].
He organized an exhibit in [[Edo]] in [[1757]], the first of its kind, displaying a wide variety of botanical samples. This was followed two years later by a similar exhibit organized by his student [[Hiraga Gennai]].
Gen'yû was appointed the first head of the newly established ''ninjinza'' (ginseng guild) in [[1763]] by ''[[kanjo bugyo|kanjô bugyô]]'' (Finance Magistrate) [[Isshiki Masahiro]]. The guild held a monopoly on the sale and distribution of ginseng, and was meant to help enforce standards for quality and price controls.
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==References==
==References==
*[[John Whitney Hall]], ''Tanuma Okitsugu (1719-1788): Forerunner of Modern Japan'', Harvard University Press (1955), 95.
*[[John Whitney Hall]], ''Tanuma Okitsugu (1719-1788): Forerunner of Modern Japan'', Harvard University Press (1955), 78, 95.
[[Category:Scholars and Philosophers]]
[[Category:Scholars and Philosophers]]
[[Category:Edo Period]]
[[Category:Edo Period]]