Born Japan, 1787
Died Japan, 1856
From a family of astronomers to the shogun, Kagesuke Shibukawa was a bridge between traditional Japanese and western astronomy. He translated works of Joseph-Jérôme Lalande as Shinko Rekisho in 1836. Less than 10 years later his version of the calendar, based on post-Keplerian astronomy, was in official use.
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Hirose, H. (1964). The European Influence on Japanese Astronomy. Monumenta Nipponica 19(3/4): 295.
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Hockey, T. (2014). Shibukawa, Kagesuke. In: Hockey, T., et al. Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-9917-7_9127
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