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*''Date: [[1774]]''
*''Authors: [[Sugita Genpaku]], [[Maeno Ryotaku|Maeno Ryôtaku]], [[Nakagawa Junan|Nakagawa Jun'an]], [[Katsuragawa Hoshu|Katsuragawa Hoshû]], et al''
*''Illustrations: [[Odano Naotake]]''
*''Japanese'': 解体新書 ''(kaitai shinsho)''

''Kaitai shinsho'' ("New Book of Anatomy") was the first European anatomy book to be widely published & circulated in Japanese translation. It was adapted by [[Sugita Genpaku]], [[Maeno Ryotaku|Maeno Ryôtaku]], [[Nakagawa Junan|Nakagawa Jun'an]], [[Katsuragawa Hoshu|Katsuragawa Hoshû]] and others from the Dutch ''Ontleedkundige Tafelen'', which in turn was based on the German ''Anatomische Tabellen'' by [[Johann Adam Kulm]], or Kulmus. The illustrations in the Japanese volume were prepared by [[Odano Naotake]], and a preface was written by [[Yoshio Kosaku|Yoshio Kôsaku]].

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==References==
*David Lu, ''Japan: A Documentary History'', ME Sharpe (1997), 263-266.
*Gallery labels, [[Toyo Bunko|Tôyô Bunko]].

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