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Kaitai Shinsho, the Glossary

is a medical text translated into Japanese during the Edo period.^[1]

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Translations into Japanese

Abdomen

The abdomen (colloquially called the belly, tummy, midriff, tucky or stomach) is the part of the body between the thorax (chest) and pelvis, in humans and in other vertebrates.

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An'ei

was a after Meiwa and before Tenmei. This period spanned the years November 1772 through March 1781. Kaitai Shinsho and An'ei are 1770s in Japan.

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Artery

An artery is a blood vessel in humans and most other animals that takes oxygenated blood away from the heart in the systemic circulation to one or more parts of the body.

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Ōoku

The was historically the women's quarters of Edo Castle, the section where the women connected to the reigning resided.

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Bladder

The bladder is a hollow organ in humans and other vertebrates that stores urine from the kidneys before disposal by urination.

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Body plan

A body plan, Bauplan, or ground plan is a set of morphological features common to many members of a phylum of animals.

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Brain

The brain is an organ that serves as the center of the nervous system in all vertebrate and most invertebrate animals.

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Bunsei

was a after Bunka and before Tenpō.

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Carl Peter Thunberg

Carl Peter Thunberg, also known as Karl Peter von Thunberg, Carl Pehr Thunberg, or Carl Per Thunberg (11 November 1743 – 8 August 1828), was a Swedish naturalist and an "apostle" of Carl Linnaeus.

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Cartilage

Cartilage is a resilient and smooth type of connective tissue.

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Caspar Schamberger

Caspar Schamberger (1 September 1623 in Leipzig, Germany – 8 April 1706) was a German surgeon. Kaitai Shinsho and Caspar Schamberger are rangaku.

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Cryptanalysis

Cryptanalysis (from the Greek kryptós, "hidden", and analýein, "to analyze") refers to the process of analyzing information systems in order to understand hidden aspects of the systems.

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Dutch language

Dutch (Nederlands.) is a West Germanic language, spoken by about 25 million people as a first language and 5 million as a second language and is the third most spoken Germanic language.

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Ear

An ear is the organ that enables hearing and (in mammals) body balance using the vestibular system.

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Edo period

The, also known as the, is the period between 1603 and 1868 in the history of Japan, when Japan was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate and the country's 300 regional daimyo.

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Eye

An eye is a sensory organ that allows an organism to perceive visual information.

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Gallbladder

In vertebrates, the gallbladder, also known as the cholecyst, is a small hollow organ where bile is stored and concentrated before it is released into the small intestine.

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The gastrointestinal tract (GI tract, digestive tract, alimentary canal) is the tract or passageway of the digestive system that leads from the mouth to the anus. The GI tract contains all the major organs of the digestive system, in humans and other animals, including the esophagus, stomach, and intestines.

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Gdańsk

Gdańsk is a city on the Baltic coast of northern Poland, and the capital of the Pomeranian Voivodeship.

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Head

A head is the part of an organism which usually includes the ears, brain, forehead, cheeks, chin, eyes, nose, and mouth, each of which aid in various sensory functions such as sight, hearing, smell, and taste.

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Heart

The heart is a muscular organ found in most animals.

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Hiraga Gennai

was a Japanese polymath and rōnin of the Edo period.

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Holland

Holland is a geographical regionG.

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Human nose

The human nose is the first organ of the respiratory system.

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Jan Palfijn

Jan Palfijn (name sometimes spelled Jean Palfyn or Jan Palfyn) (28 November 1650 – 21 April 1730) was a Flemish surgeon and obstetrician who was a native of Kortrijk in the County of Flanders.

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Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia, located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asian mainland.

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Japanese language

is the principal language of the Japonic language family spoken by the Japanese people.

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Japanese New Year

The is an annual festival that takes place in Japan.

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Johann Vesling

Johann Vesling (Latin: Veslingius) (1598 – 30 August 1649) was a German anatomist and botanist from Minden, Westphalia.

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Joint

A joint or articulation (or articular surface) is the connection made between bones, ossicles, or other hard structures in the body which link an animal's skeletal system into a functional whole.

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Juan Valverde de Amusco

Juan Valverde de Amusco (or "de Hamusco") (c. 1525-?) was born in the Crown of Castille in what is now Spain 1525 and studied medicine in Padua and Rome under Realdo Columbo and Bartolomeo Eustachi.

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Kaitai-Shin Show

is a Japanese TV program broadcast on NHK General TV which had been broadcast since 2007 until 2009.

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Kakunodate, Akita

was a town located in Senboku District, Akita Prefecture, Japan.

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Kanbun

Kanbun (漢文 'Han writing') is a system for writing Literary Chinese used in Japan from the Nara period until the 20th century.

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Katsuragawa Hoshū

was a Japanese physician and scholar of rangaku (Western studies). Kaitai Shinsho and Katsuragawa Hoshū are rangaku.

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Kidney

In humans, the kidneys are two reddish-brown bean-shaped blood-filtering organs that are a multilobar, multipapillary form of mammalian kidneys, usually without signs of external lobulation.

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Kozukappara execution grounds

The were one of the three sites in the vicinity of Edo (the forerunner of present-day Tokyo, Japan) where the Tokugawa shogunate executed criminals in the Edo period.

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Kubota Domain

was a feudal domain in Edo period Japan, located in Dewa Province (modern-day Akita Prefecture), Japan.

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Kyūjitai

Kyūjitai (lit) are the traditional forms of kanji (Chinese written characters used in Japanese writing).

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Lacteal

A lacteal is a lymphatic capillary that absorbs dietary fats in the villi of the small intestine.

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Language

Language is a structured system of communication that consists of grammar and vocabulary.

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Liver

The liver is a major metabolic organ exclusively found in vertebrate animals, which performs many essential biological functions such as detoxification of the organism, and the synthesis of proteins and various other biochemicals necessary for digestion and growth.

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Lung

The lungs are the central organs of the respiratory system in humans and some other animals, including tetrapods, some snails and a small number of fish.

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Meiwa

was a after Hōreki and before An'ei. This period spanned the years from June 1764 through November 1772. Kaitai Shinsho and Meiwa are 1770s in Japan.

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Mesentery

In human anatomy, the mesentery, an organ that attaches the intestines to the posterior abdominal wall, comprises the double fold of the peritoneum.

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Mouth

The mouth is the body orifice through which many animals ingest food and vocalize.

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Muscle

Muscle is a soft tissue, one of the four basic types of animal tissue.

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Nagasaki

, officially known as Nagasaki City (label), is the capital and the largest city of the Nagasaki Prefecture on the island of Kyushu in Japan.

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Nakagawa Jun'an

was a Japanese medical doctor, botanist, and scholar of rangaku (Western learning). Kaitai Shinsho and Nakagawa Jun'an are rangaku.

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Name

A name is a term used for identification by an external observer.

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Natural history

Natural history is a domain of inquiry involving organisms, including animals, fungi, and plants, in their natural environment, leaning more towards observational than experimental methods of study.

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Nerve

A nerve is an enclosed, cable-like bundle of nerve fibers (called axons) in the peripheral nervous system.

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NHK

, also known by its romanized initialism NHK, is a Japanese public broadcaster.

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Pancreas

The pancreas is an organ of the digestive system and endocrine system of vertebrates.

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Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth

Poland–Lithuania, formally known as the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and also referred to as the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth or the First Polish Republic, was a bi-confederal state, sometimes called a federation, of Poland and Lithuania ruled by a common monarch in real union, who was both King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania.

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Portal vein

The portal vein or hepatic portal vein (HPV) is a blood vessel that carries blood from the gastrointestinal tract, gallbladder, pancreas and spleen to the liver.

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Pregnancy

Pregnancy is the time during which one or more offspring develops (gestates) inside a woman's uterus (womb).

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Rangaku

Rangaku (Kyūjitai: 蘭學/Shinjitai: 蘭学, literally "Dutch learning"), and by extension, is a body of knowledge developed by Japan through its contacts with the Dutch enclave of Dejima, which allowed Japan to keep abreast of Western technology and medicine in the period when the country was closed to foreigners from 1641 to 1853 because of the Tokugawa shogunate's policy of national isolation (sakoku). Kaitai Shinsho and Rangaku are history of science and technology in Japan.

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Satake Yoshiatsu

was the 8th daimyō of Kubota Domain in Dewa Province, Japan (modern-day Akita Prefecture), and then 26th hereditary chieftain of the Satake clan.

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Sex organ

A sex organ, also known as a reproductive organ, is a part of an organism that is involved in sexual reproduction.

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Shogun

Shogun (shōgun), officially, was the title of the military rulers of Japan during most of the period spanning from 1185 to 1868.

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Skeleton

A skeleton is the structural frame that supports the body of most animals.

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Spleen

The spleen is an organ found in almost all vertebrates.

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Steven Blankaart

Steven Blankaart Latinized as Stephanus Blancardus (24 October 1650, Middelburg – 23 February 1704, Amsterdam) was a Dutch physician, iatrochemist, and entomologist, who worked on the same field as Jan Swammerdam.

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Stomach

The stomach is a muscular, hollow organ in the upper gastrointestinal tract of humans and many other animals, including several invertebrates.

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Sugita Genpaku

was a Japanese physician and scholar known for his translation of Kaitai Shinsho (New Book of Anatomy) and a founder of Rangaku (Western learning) and Ranpō (Dutch style medicine) in Japan. Kaitai Shinsho and Sugita Genpaku are rangaku.

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Sweden

Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe.

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Tenmangū

is a Shinto shrine which enshrines Sugawara no Michizane as Tenjin.

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Thomas Bartholin

Thomas Bartholin (Latinized as Thomas Bartholinus; 20 October 1616 – 4 December 1680) was a Danish physician, mathematician, and theologian. Kaitai Shinsho and Thomas Bartholin are history of anatomy.

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Thoracic diaphragm

The thoracic diaphragm, or simply the diaphragm (partition), is a sheet of internal skeletal muscle in humans and other mammals that extends across the bottom of the thoracic cavity.

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Thorax

The thorax (thoraces or thoraxes) or chest is a part of the anatomy of mammals and other tetrapod animals located between the neck and the abdomen.

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Timon Screech

Timon Screech (born 28 September 1961 in Birmingham) was professor of the history of art at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London from 1991 - 2021, when he left the UK in protest over Brexit.

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Tongue

The tongue is a muscular organ in the mouth of a typical tetrapod.

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Vein

Veins are blood vessels in the circulatory system of humans and most other animals that carry blood towards the heart.

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Volcher Coiter

Volcher Coiter (also spelled Coyter or Koyter; Volcherus Coiterus; 1534 – 2 June 1576) was a Dutch anatomist who established the study of comparative osteology and first described cerebrospinal meningitis.

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Western culture

Western culture, also known as Western civilization, European civilization, Occidental culture, or Western society, includes the diverse heritages of social norms, ethical values, traditional customs, belief systems, political systems, artifacts and technologies of the Western world.

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Yoshio Kōsaku

(1724 – October 4, 1800), also known as was a Japanese physician and scholar of "Dutch studies" (Rangaku), and the chief Dutch translator in Nagasaki, often accompanying Dutch East India Company officials on missions to Edo and other official business. Kaitai Shinsho and Yoshio Kōsaku are rangaku.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaitai_Shinsho

Also known as Kaitai-shinsho, .

, Natural history, Nerve, NHK, Pancreas, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, Portal vein, Pregnancy, Rangaku, Satake Yoshiatsu, Sex organ, Shogun, Skeleton, Spleen, Steven Blankaart, Stomach, Sugita Genpaku, Sweden, Tenmangū, Thomas Bartholin, Thoracic diaphragm, Thorax, Timon Screech, Tongue, Vein, Volcher Coiter, Western culture, Yoshio Kōsaku.

Kaitai Shinsho, the Glossary

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See also

1770s in Japan

1770s in medicine

1774 non-fiction books

History of science and technology in Japan

Kanbun

Rangaku

Translations into Japanese

References