Historical works that represent the foundation of chemistry in Japan
Seimi Kaiso chemistry textbooks (The History of Science Collection of the Osaka Science Museum)
These 19 volumes by Yoan Udagawa, one of the leading rangakusha (a person who studied Western sciences using the Dutch language) in the second half of the Edo period (1603 - 1867), were published in the decade between 1837 and 1847.
He translated a number of imported chemistry texts from the original Dutch and also performed many of the experiments himself in developing his textbooks. The chemistry textbooks he wrote described the properties of chemical elements and compounds, along with details of chemical reactions and methods of analysis. In addition, many of the Japanese scientific terms in common use today, such as sanso and suiso , the Japanese names for oxygen and hydrogen, respectively, were invented by Udagawa for these books, which were effectively Japan's first chemistry textbooks.
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| The Power of Osaka | The Power of the Future |
| Storage Facilities | Osaka Science Museum |
| Category | High resolution |
